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Robert D. Putnam

Robert D. Putnam
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Robert D. Putnam

Robert D. Putnam is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and founder of the Saguaro Seminar, a program dedicated to fostering civic engagement in America. He is the author or coauthor of ten previous books and is former dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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American Progress, January 21, 2012
...candidates pointed out that not all Muslims were responsible for 9/11. As political scientists Davie E. Campbell and Robert D. Putnam pointed out in August, The Tea Party is increasingly swimming against the tide of public opinion: among most Americans,...
American Progress, January 20, 2012
...candidates pointed out that not all Muslims were responsible for 9/11. As political scientists Davie E. Campbell and Robert D. Putnam pointed out in August, “The Tea Party is increasingly swimming against the tide of public opinion: among most...
Chandigarh Tribune, October 27, 2011
...friends or family, and 29 per cent say they do so at least once a day. "In sociologist Robert Putnam's book Bowling Alone, he argued that Americans were isolated socially," Miller said. "But this data indicates that Generation X members are not bowling...
NeighborsGo.com, October 19, 2011
...Symposium to feature best-selling author Robert Putnam DALLAS, TEXAS, Oct. 18, 2011— The Attending Clergy Association (ACA) of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospitals will host “Are we in this together or am I in it alone? Culture...
Fortune, October 14, 2011
...foxes are running the henhouse, because Americans have grown dangerously disengaged from civic life. He cites the sociologist Robert Putnam's influential 2000 book Bowling Alone to evoke a society of alienated suburbanites who watch TV by themselves...
New York Times, September 20, 2011
...been proven in voluminous research.� In his book “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community,” Robert Putnam writes that joining a group cuts a person’s odds of dying next year by half. It’s as good for you as quitting...
Vindy.com, September 18, 2011
...on politics, religion and civic engagement, Campbell has been featured in many national media outlets. Campbell, along with Robert Putnam, co-authored “American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us,” and is the author of Why We Vote: How Schools...
John Mark Ministries, September 26, 2011
...to women,” she said. Source: Anglicord [ Top ]       RESEARCH REVEALS BELIEVERS MAKE BETTER CITIZENS AND NEIGHBOURS Robert Putnam, professor of public policy at Harvard and described by London’s Sunday Times as the most influential academic in...
Opinionator, September 20, 2011
...been proven in voluminous research.  In his book “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community,” Robert Putnam writes that joining a group cuts a person’s odds of dying next year by half. It’s as good for you as quitting...
HELLO, my name is BLOG!, September 20, 2011
...I was wearing a nametag to build social capital.Social what?So I did some research. As defined by Robert Putnam’s groundbreaking book, social capital is our reserve of personal bonds and fellowship. Like a bank account, every interaction that builds...
On Line Opinion - Latest Articles, September 14, 2011
...800 people came to hear the world's most celebrated proponent of social capital, Harvard University's Professor Robert Putnam speak at the Brisbane Convention Centre, some 12 hours before the carnage in New York.Social capital has been described and...
Justin Taylor, July 21, 2011
...New Testament Commentary) by Peter T. O’Brien (Eerdmans) American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us by Robert Putnam and David Campbell (Simon & Schuster) [*Note: 60% off at Amazon at time of writing] Souls in Transition: The Religious and...
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire, July 5, 2011
...Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Bush at War and Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward, Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam and The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy. Tweet Comments (View) FOLLOW US EMAIL NEWSLETTER MOST POPULAR STORIES OUR OTHER SITES...
U.S. Intellectual History, June 21, 2011
...communitarians influential to late-twentieth century American social thought include Robert Bellah, co-author of Habits of the Heart , and Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone . Putnam organized the communitarian Saguaro Seminar at Harvard, dedicated...