Social Capital: Critical Perspectives on Community and Bowling Alone

Social Capital: Critical Perspectives on Community and  Bowling Alone
Format
Hardback
Publisher
New York University Press
Country
United States
Published
1 November 2002
Pages
295
ISBN
9780814798133

Social Capital: Critical Perspectives on Community and Bowling Alone

This collection tackles the theme of isolation and the breakdown of mediating social institutions. It is, in part, a response to Robert Punnam’s Bowling Alone as well as an attempt to create a broader idea of civil society. The essays contribute to the examination of democratic theory and practice, exploring one of the most popular causes of this decline in public trust - social capital. The essays utilize diverse methodologies - empirical and philosophical - and multiple perspectives to examine critically the social capital discourse and how it is related to political participation, civic engagement and American democracy.

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