Bowling alone : the collapse and revival of American community

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The work Bowling alone : the collapse and revival of American community represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Bowling alone : the collapse and revival of American community

Title remainder

the collapse and revival of American community

Statement of responsibility

Robert D. Putnam

Creator

• Putnam, Robert D

Subject

• Changement social -- État-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
• Estados Unidos -- Condiciones sociales -- 1945-
• Estrutura social (século 20) -- Estados unidos
• History
• Isolation
• Isolation <Soziologie>
• Mudança social (história;século 20) -- Estados unidos
• Participation sociale -- État-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
• Since 1900
• Social change
• Cambio social -- Estados Unidos -- Historia -- Siglo XX
• Social conditions
• Sozialer Wandel
• Sozialer Wandel
• USA
• USA
• United States
• United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
• États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- 1945-
• Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

"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."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

306/.0973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HN65

LC item number

.P878 2000

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• statistics