School performance, public health, crime rates, clinical depression, tax compliance, philanthropy, race relations, community development, census returns, teen suicide, economic productivity, campaign… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
“We all know that the way to get something done is to give it to a busy person.” — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
Our national myths often exaggerate the role of the individual heroes and understate the importance of collective effort. — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
What really matters from the point of view of social capital and civic engagement is not merely nominal membership, but active and involved membership. — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
Young Americans are dropping out of religion at an alarming rate of five to six times the historic rate. — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
How well you do in life shouldn't depend on how well your parents did. — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
“Financial capital - the wherewithal for mass marketing - has steadily replaced social capital - that is, grassroots citizen networks - as the coin… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
Busy people tend to forgo the one activity - TV watching _ that is most lethal to community involvement — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
Unequal Democracy is the sort of book to which every political scientist should aspire--it is methodologically rigorous, conceptually serious, and above all, it addresses… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
Community connectedness is not just about warm fuzzy tales of civic triumph. In measurable and well-documented ways, social capital makes an enormous difference in… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
None of the people watching 'Big Brother' will bring you chicken soup if you get sick. — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
A society that relies on generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful society, for the same reason that money is more efficient than… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
“{The Progressives] outlook was activist and optimistic, not fatalist and despondent. The distinctive characteristic of the Progressives was their conviction that social evils would… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
