Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community Audiobook (Free)

Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work-but no more. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a substantial social modification that Robert Putnam has identified within this outstanding volume, which The Economist hailed as “a prodigious achievement.”

Drawing on vast new data that show People in america’ changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from one another and exactly how social structures-whether they become PTA, church, or political parties-have disintegrated. Until the publication of this groundbreaking work, no one had therefore deftly diagnosed the harm that these damaged bonds have wreaked on our physical and civic health, nor acquired anyone exalted their fundamental power in creating a society that’s happy, healthful, and safe.

Like defining works from the past, such as The Lonely Crowd as well as the Affluent Culture, and just like the works of C. Wright Mills and Betty Friedan, Putnam’s Bowling Alone offers discovered a central turmoil in the centre of our society and suggests what we can do.