Bowling Alone Putman Summary

In, Bowling Alone, Putman poses a very important question, why is civil society declining in the past several decades? Putman starts off his question by viewing the works of Tocqueville when he visited America. While being in America in the 1830’s, he found that civic association, norms, and networks are what make up America’s society. Along with that, he thought that social capital benefitted our society. Putman then goes on to question why civil engagement decreased in our society. Our voter turnout, membership of church, and public or town meeting membership, fraternal organizations, and women organizations have decreased while individual bowling has increased. Although these specific organizations are dwindling down, organizations such as AARP, nonprofit organizations, and support groups are growing. Society now is also more focused on workplace-based social connections and less of neighborhood involvement. Our trust for each other has also decreased. Throughout this whole essay, Putman is making a correlation between social connectedness and civic engagement and is making a correlation between social
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