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Robert Putnam
Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

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last edited by BillSeitz on Aug 23, 2008 6:54 pm

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http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/saguaro/putnam.html

http://www.bettertogether.org/

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/putnam.htm

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comment from [Margie Mac Williams] via email: I read Mr. Putnam's article in Time magazine with a great deal of interest. I simply would like to say that I believe a big part of the isolation of Americans stems from the malls and the loss of the "town". We still live in towns, but we have lost our communities. I can remember when every town had a , [Hardware Store], clothing stores, a couple gas stations, dry cleaners, and a five-and-dime--all privately owned (). This has been destroyed by the monopolies and huge mega businesses with which no one else can compete. We used to see our neighbors in these stores and we felt like we belonged to a community. That is gone.

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Way too long a book, but is nicely organized. I'll fill in some notes on the chapters I read.

Section 1, Chapter 1 - Thinking about [Social Change] in America

Section 2 - Trends in [Civic Engagement] and

Chapter 2 Political Participation ()

Chapter 3 Civic Participation

Chapter 4 Religious Participation

Chapter 5 Connections in the Workplace

Chapter 6 Informal Social Connections

Chapter 7 Altruim, Volunteering, and Philanthropy

Chapter 8 Reciprocity (), Honesty, and Trust

Chapter 9 Against the Tide? Small Groups, Social Movements, and the Net ()

Section 3 - Why (is declining)?

Chapter 10 - Introduction

Chaper 11 - Pressures of Time and ()

Chapter 12 - Mobility and Sprawl

Chapter 13 - Technology and

Chapter 14 - From Generation to Generation

Chapter 15 - What Killed Civic Engagement? Summing Up.

Section 4 - So What?

Chapter 16 - Introduction

Chapter 17 - Education and Children's Welfare

Chapter 18 - Safe and Productive Neighborhoods

Chapter 19 - Economic Prosperity

Chapter 20 - Health and Happiness

Chapter 21 - Democracy

Chapter 22 - The Dark Side of

Section 5 - What is To be Done?

Chapter 23 - Lessons of History: The [Gilded Age] and the [Progressive Era]

Chapter 24 - Toward and Agenda for [Social Capitalist]-s

Appendices

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