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  2. Making Democracy Work - Wikipedia

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    Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy ( ISBN 9780691037387) is a 1993 book written by Robert D. Putnam (with Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Y. Nanetti). Published by Princeton University Press, the book's central thesis is that social capital is key to high institutional performance and the maintenance of democracy .

  3. Bowling Alone - Wikipedia

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    978-0-7432-0304-3. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community is a 2000 nonfiction book by Robert D. Putnam. It was developed from his 1995 essay entitled " Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital ". Putnam surveys the decline of social capital in the United States since 1950. He has described the reduction in all ...

  4. Robert D. Putnam - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Robert David Putnam [a] (born January 9, 1941) is an American political scientist specializing in comparative politics. He is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. Putnam developed the influential two-level game theory that assumes international agreements ...

  5. Communitarianism - Wikipedia

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    According to Putnam and his followers, social capital is a key component to building and maintaining democracy. Communitarians seek to bolster social capital and the institutions of civil society. The Responsive Communitarian Platform described it thus: Many social goals require partnerships between public and private groups.

  6. L. J. Hanifan - Wikipedia

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    L. J. Hanifan. Lyda Judson Hanifan (February 12, 1879 – December 11, 1932), better known as L. J. Hanifan, is credited with introducing the concept of social capital. Robert Putnam in his book, Bowling Alone (2000) credits a 1916 paper by Hanifan as the first recorded instance of the term. [1] Hanifan also authored a book published in 1920 ...

  7. Social capital - Wikipedia

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    According to Robert D. Putnam, social capital refers to "connections among individuals – social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them." [43] In the view of Putnam and his followers, social capital is a key component to building and maintaining democracy.

  8. Civil society - Wikipedia

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    Economics. Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere. [1] By other authors, civil society is used in the sense of 1) the aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that advance the interests and will of citizens or 2 ...

  9. Hilary Putnam - Wikipedia

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    Hilary Whitehall Putnam (/ ˈ p ʌ t n əm /; July 31, 1926 – March 13, 2016) was an American philosopher, mathematician, computer scientist, and figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century.