Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Bowling Alone : The Macat Library - Elizabeth Morrow

Bowling Alone

By: Elizabeth Morrow

Hardcover | 15 July 2017 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Hardcover


$41.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $10.50 with

 or 

Available for Backorder. We will order this from our supplier however there isn't a current ETA.

American political scientist Robert Putnam wasnât the first person to recognize that social capital â" the relationships between people that allow communities to function well â" is the grease that oils the wheels of society. But by publishing Bowling Alone, he moved the debate from one primarily concerned with family and individual relationships one that studied the social capital generated by peopleâs engagement with the civic life.

Putnam drew heavily on the critical thinking skill of interpretation in shaping his work. He took fresh looks at the meaning of evidence that other scholars had made too many assumptions about, and was scrupulous in clarifying what his evidence was really saying. He found that strong social capital has the power to boost health, lower unemployment, and improve life in major ways. As such, any decrease in civic engagement could create serious consequences for society.

Putnamâs interpretation of these issues led him to the understanding that if America is to thrive, its citizens must connect.

More in History & Criticism of Literature

How Women Became Poets : A Gender History of Greek Literature - Emily Hauser
The Sword of Light - Heather Graham

RRP $32.99

$26.99

18%
OFF
The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective - Sara Lodge
Every Day I Read : 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books - Hwang Bo-reum

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF
100 Diaries That Chronicled World Events - Colin Salter

RRP $44.99

$35.75

21%
OFF
Book of Lives : A Memoir of Sorts - Margaret Atwood

RRP $69.99

$52.75

25%
OFF
Essential Shakespeare : The Arden Guide to Text and Interpretation - Dr. Jenny  Stevens
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane : A Novel - Lisa See

RRP $32.99

$20.75

37%
OFF
The Voynich Manuscript - Raymond Clemens

RRP $82.95

$60.75

27%
OFF
Wifedom : Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life : Our July Book of the Month - Anna Funder
Night : Penguin Modern Classics - Elie Wiesel

RRP $26.99

$20.75

23%
OFF
Understanding Comics : The Invisible Art - Scott McCloud

RRP $39.99

$26.75

33%
OFF
The Outsiders : Penguin Modern Classics - S. E. Hinton

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF
Create Dangerously : Penguin Modern - Albert Camus
The Big Book of the Blue : The Big Book series - Yuval Zommer

RRP $29.99

$23.75

21%
OFF
The Iliad - Homer

Paperback

RRP $32.95

$26.99

18%
OFF