{"product_id":"social-capital-critical-perspectives-on-community-and-bowling-alone-9780814798140","title":"Social Capital: Critical Perspectives on Community and Bowling Alone","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Scott L. McLean | David A. Schultz | Manfred B. Steger\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSocial Capital\u003c\/i\u003e is an important crtique that should stimulate further analysis and dicussion of what constitutes community.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eNew Political Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The reader emerges with a good sense of the gaps in Putnam's work- or more appropriately in the context of this book, the way in which the 'feelgood' factor of Putnam's work deserves critical analysis.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eVoluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This collection tackles the theme of isolation and the breakdown of mediating social institutions. It is, in part, a response to Robert Putnam's \u003ci\u003eBowling Alone\u003c\/i\u003e as well as an attempt to create a broader idea of civil society. These original essays contribute to the examination of democratic theory and practice, exploring one of the most popular causes of this decline in public trust--social capital.\u003cbr\u003e These critical essays are written by specialists and scholars in American politics and American political thought. They utilize diverse methodologies--empirical and philosophical--and multiple perspectives to examine critically the social capital discourse and how it is related to political participation, civic engagement, and American democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614184554647,"sku":"9780814798140","price":3763.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780814798140.webp?v=1775091651","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/social-capital-critical-perspectives-on-community-and-bowling-alone-9780814798140","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}