Robert D. Putnam Quotes

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• School performance, public health, crime rates, clinical depression, tax compliance, philanthropy, race relations, community development, census returns, teen suicide, economic productivity, campaign finance, even simple…
• Social capital may turn out to be a prerequisite for, rather than a consequence of, effective computer-mediated communication.
• The golden sunshine of Italy congealed into tears. Here's to alcoholic brotherhood ... much more suited to the frail human soul, if any, than any…
• Our national myths often exaggerate the role of the individual heroes and understate the importance of collective effort.
• 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 our…
• Busy people tend to forgo the one activity - TV watching _ that is most lethal to community involvement
• What really matters from the point of view of social capital and civic engagement is not merely nominal membership, but active and involved membership.
• A society that relies on generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful society, for the same reason that money is more efficient than barter.…
• 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 urgent…
• Positive people have more friends which is a key factor of happiness and longevity.
• Young Americans are dropping out of religion at an alarming rate of five to six times the historic rate.
• People may go to the library looking mainly for information, but they find each other there.
• Most Americans watch Friends rather than having friends.

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