| Description |
541 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-504) and index. |
| Contents |
Section 1: Introduction -- Section 2: Trends in Civic Engagement and Social Capital -- Section 3: Why? -- Section 4: So What? -- Section 5: What Is to Be Done? |
| Summary |
"Putnam's work shows how social bonds are the most powerful predictor of life satisfaction. For example, he reports that getting married is the equivalent of quadrupling your income and attending a club meeting regularly is the equivalent of doubling your income. The loss of social capital is felt in critical ways: Communities with less social capital have lower educational performance and more teen pregnancy, child suicide, low birth weight, and prenatal mortality. Social capital is also a strong predictor of crime rates and other measures of neighborhood quality of life, as it is of our health: In quantitative terms, if you both smoke and belong to no groups, it's a close call as to which is the riskier behavior."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0684832836 |
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9780684832838 |
| Standard No. |
UKM bA137632 |
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YDXCP 1773614 |
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YDXCP 1603726 |
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NZ1 5595905 |
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AU@ 000021373014 |
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AU@ 000024012361 |
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