Summary Of Robert D. Putnam's Bowling Alone

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In Bowling Alone Robert D. Putnam, writes about the decline of social capital and some reason for why it is happening. Putnam finds that there is a decline in social interactions all across the board from work place, religion, and even family. Putnam believes that the reason for the decline is that “Gen X’ers” are into themselves. Consequently, with that mind set the chances that one would be depressed, commit a crime, or commit suicide would be much higher. However, Putnam also suggested that we could increase social capital and bring it back to the post WW2 numbers. In my opinion Putnam has put a lot of time and effort into writing his books. His ideas are all sound and a whole lot easier to swallow when he is not bashing ones way of life.

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