Robert D. Putnam
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Political scientist, born in 1941, whose Bowling Alone (2000) documented the decline of American civic life and social capital since the 1960s.
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What made Italy's regional governments work was informal connection, not education or wealth (opens korrents.com)
“It’s not the education; it’s not the wealth. It’s the choral societies and these informal connections.”
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The decline of social capital was real, and later data confirmed it (opens korrents.com)
“That’s fundamentally because the ensuing years have shown that I was right. I was saved by the data.”
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Social scientists should try to change things, not only describe them (opens korrents.com)
“social scientists should not be focused just on description. They should also be focused on, in some sense, taking a more active role, trying to change.”
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What made Italy's regional governments work was informal connection, not education or wealth (opens korrents.com)