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Robert D. Putnam on Our Civic Life in Decline
Robert D. Putnam on Our Civic Life in Decline
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Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Mar 14, 2016
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Podcast episode
Description
A best-selling author ("Bowling Alone," and "Our Kids"), and professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Robert Putnam is one of America's leading political scientists. In recent years, he has written widely on the decline in America's civic life, and, with it, our capacity for self-government. In this conversation, Putnam discusses his research on declining levels of civic participation in America and presents his interpretation of the reasons for it. Putnam also recalls how actual political developments awakened his interest in political science, and explains how social science might help us address public policy problems.
Released:
Mar 14, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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