Robert D Putnam
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English
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"The bestselling author of Bowling Alone offers [an] ... examination of the American Dream in crisis--how and why opportunities for upward mobility are diminishing, jeopardizing the prospects of an ever larger segment of Americans"-- Provided by publisher.
"What has happened to the Land of Opportunity? The promise of the American Dream is that anyone, regardless of his or her origins, can have a fair start in life. If we work hard, we can get a good...
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English
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"An eminent political scientist's brilliant synthesis of social and political trends over the past century that shows how we have gone from an individualistic society to a more communitarian society and then back again -- and how we can use that experience to overcome once again the individualism that currently weakens our country"-- Provided by publisher.
This is the worst of times... but we've been here before. During the Gilded Age of the late...
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English
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"Winner of the 1994 Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize" "Winner of the 1994 Gregory Luebbert Award" "Winner of the 1993 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration" "Honorable Mention for the 1993 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science, Association of American Publishers" Robert D. Putnam is Dillon Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Center for International Affairs...
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Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2016
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Unabridged
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English
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*The basis for the documentary Join or Die—now streaming on Netflix!*
Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our sense of community remains more relevant than ever in today's fractured America.
Twenty years, ago, Robert D....
Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our sense of community remains more relevant than ever in today's fractured America.
Twenty years, ago, Robert D....
