GOVT 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Social Capital, Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone
12 Jun 2016
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Inequality & civic engagement: and how organizations can make a difference. Institutional factors: electoral college, voting rules by state (registration requirements, voter id laws, felon disenfranchisement, etc. ) Political factors: polarization, shift from labor intensive campaigns to capital intensive campaigns. Rosenstone & hansen: def. process by which candidates, parties, activists & groups induce others to participate. Targeting mobilization: social networks, associations, social movements. We are a national of joiners: the us loves associations aka we are in so many organizations (church, job, recreational stuff, etc) Which of the following is not among the rationales for social capital articulated by. Robert putnam in the essay you read: it facilitates engagement in politics, conveying to citizens the value of participation in public life. Robert putnam on social capital bowling alone: the collapse & revival of american. The vibrant civic associations of the american past meet their demise.
