Bowling alone :

Putnam, Robert D.

Bowling alone : the collapse and revival of American community / Robert D. Putnam. - New York : Simon & Schuster, c2000. - 541 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-504) and index.

Thinking about social change in America -- Political participation -- Civic participation -- Religious participation -- Connections in the workplace -- Informal social connections -- Altruism, volunteering, and philanthropy -- Reciprocity, honesty, and trust -- Against the tide? : small groups, social movements, and the Net -- Pressures of time and money -- Mobility and sprawl -- Technology and mass media -- From generation to generation -- What killed civic engagement? : summing up -- Education and children's welfare -- Safe and productive neighborhoods -- Economic prosperity -- Health and happiness -- Democracy -- The dark side of social capital -- Lessons of history : the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era -- Toward an agenda for social capitalists.

Packed with provocative information about the social and political habits of twentieth-century Americans.

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HN65.P878 2000


Geschichte 1975-2000.
Since 1900


Social change--History--United States--20th century.
Changement social--Histoire--�Etats-Unis--20e si�ecle.
Individualisering.
Sociale verandering.
Informele groepen.
Sociale structuur.
Isolation (Soziologie)
Sozialer Wandel.
Soziales Netzwerk.
Sozialverhalten.
Individualisering.
Informele groepen.
Sociale structuur.
Sociale verandering.
Social change.
Social history.


United States--Social conditions--1945-
�Etats-Unis--Conditions sociales--1945-
USA.
United States.


History.

HN65 / .P878 2001

306.0973