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Bowling Alone

Author：Elizabeth Morrow、,‎ Lindsay Scorgie-Porter

Series: The Macat Library

Paperback: 95 pages

Publisher: Macat Library; 1 edition (August 10, 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1912127725

ISBN-13: 978-1912127726

Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 0.6 x 19.8 cm

內容簡介

American political scientist Robert Putnam wasn’t the first person to recognize that social capital – the relationships between people that allow communities to function well – is the grease that oils the wheels of society.

But by publishing Bowling Alone, he moved the debate from one primarily concerned with family and individual relationships one that studied the social capital generated by people’s engagement with the civic life.

Putnam drew heavily on the critical thinking skill of interpretation in shaping his work.

He took fresh looks at the meaning of evidence that other scholars had made too many assumptions about, and was scrupulous in clarifying what his evidence was really saying. He found that strong social capital has the power to boost health, lower unemployment, and improve life in major ways. As such, any decrease in civic engagement could create serious consequences for society.

Putnam’s interpretation of these issues led him to the understanding that if America is to thrive, its citizens must connect.

作者簡介

Dr Elizabeth Morrowis currently a research fellow at the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham.

She began her career as a lawyer with the Victorian state government in Melbourne before completing her PhD in Politics in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London.

Elizabeth Morrow 博士現任伯明翰大學政治學與國際研究系研究員。她曾在墨爾本維多利亞州政府擔任律師，之後在倫敦國王學院政治經濟學系完成政治政治博士學位。

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