Robert D. Putnam Quotes

• La conectividad de la comunidad no es sólo una cálida historia de triunfo cívico. El capital social nos hace más inteligentes, más sanos, más seguros, más ricos y más capaces de gobernar una democracia justa y estable.

  Robert D. Putnam

  Life, Change, Differences

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• School performance, public health, crime rates, clinical depression, tax compliance, philanthropy, race relations, community development, census returns, teen suicide, economic productivity, campaign finance, even simple human happiness - all are demonstrably affected by how (and whether) we connect with our family and friends and neighbours and co-workers.

  Robert D. Putnam

  Suicide, School, Simple

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• Lo que realmente importa desde el punto de vista del capital social y el compromiso cívico no es la mera afiliación nominal, sino la afiliación activa e implicada.

  Robert D. Putnam

  Views, Engagement, Membership

  Robert D. Putnam (2001). “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• Una sociedad que se basa en la reciprocidad generalizada es más eficaz que una sociedad desconfiada, por la misma razón por la que el dinero es más eficaz que el trueque. La confianza engrasa la vida social. Las redes de compromiso cívico también facilitan la coordinación y la comunicación y amplifican la información sobre la fiabilidad de otros individuos.

  Robert D. Putnam

  Communication, Amplify, Information

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• Our national myths often exaggerate the role of the individual heroes and understate the importance of collective effort.

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  Hero, Collective Effort, Roles

  Robert D. Putnam (2001). “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• Most Americans watch Friends rather than having friends.

  Robert D. Putnam

  Relojes

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• Young Americans are dropping out of religion at an alarming rate of five to six times the historic rate.

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  Dropping Out, Six, Historic

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

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  People, Library, May

  Robert D. Putnam, Lewis Feldstein (2009). “Better Together: Restoring the American Community”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• None of the people watching 'Big Brother' will bring you chicken soup if you get sick.

  Robert D. Putnam

  Brother, People, Sick

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• Positive people have more friends which is a key factor of happiness and longevity.

  Robert D. Putnam

  Keys, People, Being Positive

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

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  Communication, Community, May

  Robert D. Putnam (2001). “Bowling Alone”, p.177, Simon and Schuster

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

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  People, Community, Tvs

  Robert D. Putnam (2001). “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community”, p.192, Simon and Schuster

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• How well you do in life shouldn't depend on how well your parents did.

  Robert D. Putnam

  Parent, Wells, Depends

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• Unequal Democracy is the sort of book to which every political scientist should aspire--it is methodologically rigorous, conceptually serious, and above all, it addresses urgent concerns of our fellow citizens. As Bartels shows, much of what we think we know about the politics of economic inequality is dead wrong. Bartels's perplexing and often unexpected discoveries should help refocus the gathering public debate about inequality and what to do about it.

  Robert D. Putnam

  Book, Thinking, Economic Inequality

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• Look, we ought to do this for our kids... We ought to have a high school so that every kid who grows up here - they're all our kids - gets a good high school education.

  Robert D. Putnam

  Crecer, Escuela, Niños

  "Why you should care about other people’s kids". Interview with Paul Solman, www.pbs.org. March 19, 2015.

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