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Robert D. Putnam

The Upswing

How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again

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From the author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids, a sweeping yet remarkably accessible (The Wall Street Journal) analysis that offers superb, often counterintuitive insights (The New York Times) to demonstrate how we have gone from an individualistic I society to a more communitarian We society and then back again, and how we can learn from that experience to become a stronger more unified nation.Deep and accelerating inequality; unprecedented political polarization; vitriolic public discourse; a fraying social fabric; public and private narcissism—Americans today seem to agree on only one thing: This is the worst of times. But we've been here b… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Garrett, Shaylyn Romney (Zus. mit)
  • ISBN: 978-1-982129-15-6
  • EAN: 9781982129156
  • Produktnummer: 35734860
  • Verlag: Simon & Schuster N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
  • Seitenangabe: 480 S.
  • Ausstattung: Trade Paperback; PREVIEW_PERMITTED_01
  • Masse: H21.3 cm x B14.0 cm x D3.0 cm

Über den Autor


Robert D. Putnam is the Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and a former Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Nationally honored as a leading humanist and a renowned scientist, he has written fourteen books, including the bestselling Our Kids and Bowling Alone, and has consulted for the last four US Presidents. In 2012, President Obama awarded him the National Humanities Medal, the nation's highest honor for contributions to the humanities. His research program, the Saguaro Seminar, is dedicated to fostering civic engagement in America. Visit RobertDPutnam.com.Shaylyn Romney Garrett is a writer and award-winning social entrepreneur. She is a founding contributor to Weave: The Social Fabric Project, an Aspen Institute initiative. She also contributed to Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell's American Grace. Shaylyn holds a degree in Government from Harvard University, and is a returned Peace Corps volunteer. Visit ShaylynRomneyGarrett.com.

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