Bowling Alone
Work
by Robert D. Putnam · 2000
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community is a 2000 nonfiction book examining the decline of social capital and civic participation in the United States since 1950. Robert D. Putnam argues that Americans have become less engaged in face-to-face social, community, and political organizations, while considering prospects for rebuilding communal life.
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