Bowling alone the collapse and revival of American community
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
©2000.
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| Review: | "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."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 541 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-504) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780743203043 0743203046 0684832836 9780684832838 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
