Robert D. Putnam

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born

January 01, 1941

place of birth

Port Clinton, Ohio, The United States

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Robert David Putnam is a political scientist and professor of public policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is also visiting professor and director of the Manchester Graduate Summer Programme in Social Change, University of Manchester (UK). Putnam developed the influential two-level game theory that assumes international agreements will only be successfully brokered if they also result in domestic benefits. His most famous (and controversial) work, Bowling Alone, argues that the United States has undergone an unprecedented collapse in civic, social, associational, and political life (social capital) since the 1960s, with serious negative consequences.

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avg rating: 3.65 | 986 ratings | 156 reviews | 14 distinct works

	Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam avg rating 3.63 — 825 ratings — published 2000 2 editions	my rating:
	Better Together: Restoring the American Community by Robert D. Putnam avg rating 3.84 — 67 ratings — published 2003 2 editions	my rating:
	Making Democracy Work by Robert D. Putnam avg rating 3.66 — 59 ratings — published 1993 2 editions	my rating:
	Democracies in Flux: The Evolution of Social Capital in Contemporary Society by Robert D. Putnam avg rating 3.56 — 9 ratings — published 2002 2 editions	my rating:
	Double-Edged Diplomacy: International Bargaining and Domestic Politics (Studies in International Political Economy, No 25) by Robert D. Putnam avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 1993 2 editions	my rating:
	Disaffected Democracies by Robert D. Putnam avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2000	my rating:
	Para hacer que la democracia funcione by Robert D. Putnam avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1993	my rating:
	Hanging Together: Cooperation and Conflict in the The Seven-Power Summits, Revised and Enlarged Edition by Robert D. Putnam, Nicholas Bayne avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1985	my rating:
	La pianta e le radici: Il radicamento dell'istituto regionale nel sistema politico italiano by Robert D. Putnam avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1985	my rating:
	Hanging Together: Co-operation and Conflict in the Seven-Power Summits by Robert D. Putnam, Nicholas Bayne avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1987	my rating: