Robert D. Putnam | |
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 Putnam in 2019 | |
| Born | Robert David Putnam January 9, 1941 |
| Other names | Bob Putnam[4] |
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Rosemary (m. 1963) |
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| Thesis | Politicians and Politics[1] (1970) |
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| Discipline | Political sociology |
| School or tradition | Communitarianism |
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| Main interests | Social capital |
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| Notable ideas | Two-level game theory |
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Robert David Putnam[a] (born January 9, 1941) is an American political scientist specializing in comparative politics. He is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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 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.[5] In March 2015, he published a book called Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis that looked at issues of inequality of opportunity in the United States.[6] According to the Open Syllabus Project, Putnam is the fourth most frequently cited author on college syllabi for political science courses.[7]
- ^ Putnam, Robert David (1970). Politicians and Politics: Themes in British and Italian Elite Political Culture (PhD thesis). New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. OCLC 83494112.
- ^ Campbell, David E. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Notre Dame, Illinois: University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ Rayside, David. "Biography: Introduction". David Rayside. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ Fabbrini, Sergio (2011). "Robert D. Putnam Between Italy and the United States" (PDF). Bulletin of Italian Politics. 3 (2): 391–399. ISSN 1759-3077. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 3, 2018.
- ^ Marc Parry, "Can Robert Putnam Save the American Dream" Chronicle of Higher Education, March 12, 2015 Chronicle Review
- ^ "Press release on book release". robertdputnam.com. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ^ "Open Syllabus: Explorer".
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