USA300H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Human Capital, Sports League, Social Democracy
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Argument: the united states has undergone an unprecedented collapse in civic, social, associational, and political life (social capital) since the 1960s, with serious negative consequences. Concerned with what makes an engaged american citizenry. What actions, what social forces makes for a functioning social democracy. Not a system put in place once then forever completed. Democracy is continually made and unmade by behavior. A liberal democratic past does not guarantee a liberal democratic present or future. The smugness chips away at the practices that define the republic. Says america might be becoming less democratic right now. Made his name from bowling alone, published 1995. Nongovernmental organizations, not about how citizens are connected to bodies of the state, a really broad category. Fetishized return or rediscovery of antiquated ways of making. Includes labor unions, dentistry organizations, parent-teacher associations, sports. About engagement with the community, social networks.
