Robert D. Putnam Quotes

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What really matters from the point of view of social capital and civic engagement is not merely nominal membership, but active and involved membership.

Robert D. Putnam

Community connectedness is not just about warm fuzzy tales of civic triumph. In measurable and well-documented ways, social capital makes an enormous difference in our lives...Social capital makes us smarter, healthier, safer, richer, and better able to govern a just and stable democracy.

Robert D. Putnam

A society that relies on generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful society, for the same reason that money is more efficient than barter. Trust lubricates social life. Networks of civic engagement also facilitate coordination and communication and amplify information about the trustworthiness of other individuals.

Robert D. Putnam

Social capital may turn out to be a prerequisite for, rather than a consequence of, effective computer-mediated communication.

Robert D. Putnam

Busy people tend to forgo the one activity - TV watching _ that is most lethal to community involvement

Robert D. Putnam

People may go to the library looking mainly for information, but they find each other there.

Robert D. Putnam

Robert D. Putnam

Robert D. Putnam

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Born: January 9, 1941 (age 85)

Bio: Robert David Putnam is a political scientist and Malkin Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Known for:

Our Kids (2015)
Making Democracy Work (1993)

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