Harvard public policy professor Robert Putnam, Ph.D. Social change - United States - History - 20th century. Published in 2001, Bowling Alone remains one of academias and the medias most referenced works. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that.

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. Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work - but no longer. Drawing on surveys on Americans changing behavior over the past twenty-five years, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family. 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. 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. Putnam Simon and Schuster, 2000 - History - 541 pages 13 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and. 'Putnam's work shows how social bonds are the most powerful predictor of life satisfaction. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community Robert D.

New York London : Simon & Schuster, c2000 Bowling alone : the collapse and revival of American community / Robert D.

Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam