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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... show more

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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Birth date: January 01, 1941
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Peace, Love & Books
Peace, Love & Books rated it 14 years ago
Informative and fascinating demographic and sociological study of American religious life.
ecmarshall
ecmarshall rated it 24 years ago
If you believe Snapchat and Twitter have satisfied humanity’s need for community, then Bowling Alone’s not for you.If, on the other hand, recent events have made you wonder how Americans can be so well connected and so bitterly divided, then you might want to have a look.This book is not perfect. I...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 24 years ago
Other reviewers have expressed it more eloquently, but it's not a very good book. It's a magazine trend piece about how the US is going to hell in a handbasket these days because no one belongs to bowling leagues anymore. Because a single correlation must equal causation, right? Idiot.
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