TY  - BOOK
AU  - Putnam,Robert D
TI  - Bowling alone : the collapse and revival of American community 
SN  - 9780743203043 
AV  - HN65 .P878 2000
U1  - 306.0973 22
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York 
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Social change
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1945-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-504) and index; Ch. 1; Thinking about Social Change in America --; Ch. 2; Political Participation --; Ch. 3; Civic Participation --; Ch. 4; Religious Participation --; Ch. 5; Connections in the Workplace --; Ch. 6; Informal Social Connections --; Ch. 7; Altruism, Volunteering, and Philanthropy --; Ch. 8; Reciprocity, Honesty, and Trust --; Ch. 9; Against the Tide? Small Groups, Social Movements, and the Net --; Ch. 10; Introduction --; Ch. 11; Pressures of Time and Money --; Ch. 12; Mobility and Sprawl --; Ch. 13; Technology and Mass Media --; Ch. 14; From Generation to Generation --; Ch. 15; What Killed Civic Engagement? Summing UP --; Ch. 16; Introduction --; Ch. 17; Education and Children's Welfare --; Ch. 18; Safe and Productive Neighborhoods --; Ch. 19; Economic Prosperity --; Ch. 20; Health and Happiness --; Ch. 21; Democracy --; Ch. 22; The Dark Side of Social Capital --; Ch. 23; Lessons of History: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era --; Ch. 24; Toward an Agenda for Social Capitalists --; Appendix I; Measuring Social Change --; Appendix II; Sources for Figures and Tables --; Appendix III; The Rise and Fall of Civic and Professional Associations
N2  - "Putnam's work shows how social bonds are the most powerful predictor of life satisfaction. For example, he reports that getting married is the equivalent of quadrupling your income and attending a club meeting regularly is the equivalent of doubling your income. The loss of social capital is felt in critical ways: Communities with less social capital have lower educational performance and more teen pregnancy, child suicide, low birth weight, and prenatal mortality; Social capital is also a strong predictor of crime rates and other measures of neighborhood quality of life, as it is of our health: In quantitative terms, if you both smoke and belong to no groups, it's a close call as to which is the riskier behavior."--BOOK JACKET
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