Bowling Alone Putnam's Bowling Alone Putnam
Putnam, who has thoroughly researched the social capital of the American society, notes that civil society is interlaced with horizontal networks and associated norms and values, that have far-reaching social consequences for both, the people living in that society and for the society itself, by creating individual and collective benefits. Voluntary associations that Putnam studied have a particularly important role in this process because active involvement of local people leads them to make direct contacts with each other, helps the community achieve its goals, and encourages the acquisition of broad range of skills, including interpersonal trust. In the book, Bowling Alone Putnam argues that social capital has significant political consequences
Summary Of Don T Back No Losers By Milton Rakove
602 Words | 3 PagesMilton Rakove’s “Don’t Make No Waves… Don’t Back No Losers,” takes an in-depth look at Chicago’s political structure and claims that Chicago’s political machine is not only a model example of successful politics, but also despite criticism, the “durability of the machine, it’s efficiency, and its ability to survive and prosper, despite the urban crisis, cannot be challenged,” (Rakove 3). Rakove’s title of the book emphasizes the simplistic nature of the machine’s design. As detailed in the text, in order to be successful and preserve the hierarchy chosen for the machine cannot make waves and the political party backing the machine cannot back any losers.
Phillip Caputo's 'What Unites These States?'
396 Words | 2 PagesJohn Daniel Barry, an American novelist, once said, “Society is the mother of us all.” The article “What Unites These States?” by Phillip Caputo, the “Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address” given by President Bill Clinton, and “The Gettysburg Address” speech spoken by Abraham Lincoln all have one thing in common. The works all support the idea that the unity of men is more powerful than individualism. Society can get more work done in a timely manner than an individual during a crisis. Caputo writes, “A coordinator at the volunteer center told us that more than 14,000 people from every state in the union pitched in.”
Summary Of The Fractured Republic By Yuval Levin
717 Words | 3 PagesBoth social order and economic security have been weakened. The political system shows little awareness of these problems and is, in any case, ill equipped to deal with them. Levin’s concerns are widely shared among social thinkers, although their exact diagnoses and conclusions vary. Robert Putnam, a Harvard academic, has bemoaned the decline of social capital in US society. Bill Bishop, a prominent journalist, has used demographic data to show Americans increasingly choose to live with like-minded neighbours.
Summary: The Texas Left
980 Words | 4 Pagesthis book helps readers see the opportunities that are shown together. even though liberalism faded away due to conservatives it did exist and played a huge role in shaping the diverse population and
Greensboro Sit-In Summary
663 Words | 3 PagesDue the human nature, the pursuits of liberty, justice, and happiness have always been major concerns of humans throughout the history regardless of the way individuals connected and organized. Before phones or emails were even invented, the underprivileged individuals or groups congregated through “close ties”. In the recent years, individuals with “weak ties” adopt a different approach on similar activism with the help of various social media. Although these events are meant for similar intentions, their different communication methods induce an enormous distinction on their impacts, says Malcolm Gladwell in “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted”. He depicts that the movements by people bonding with “strong-ties”(Gladwell 405) tend to impact the society with substantial advancement through “high-risk activism”.
Compare And Contrast The American Revolution And Gordon Wood
865 Words | 4 PagesHe argues that the american elite class “molded laboring-class opinion… into action” by shaping their behavior. The rich saw that in order to have a successful revolutionary movement that they would need the support of the lower class because they made up the majority of the American population. He gives two examples of things that helped to influence the lower class’s opinion: the popular pamphlet called “Common Sense”, and the Declaration of Independence. Common Sense was a popular pamphlet that emphasized a central government.
Discussing The Values Of Civic Engagement By Cesar Chavez
2386 Words | 10 PagesThe purpose of the following essay will be to define civic engagement and to discuss the many types of ways in which a citizen can collaborate and engage with other member of their community. The concept of Civic engagement can be better understood as the act of community participation or involvement. The development of civic engagement in communities has been the cause that initiated many of the greatest movements in history, in the areas that concern both the political and the social factors of society. Throughout this essay I will argue the importance of implementing the practice and the values of civic engagement in order to create a healthy, working society, as well as to define and discuss the ramifications of civic engagement for both
The Key Of Liberty By William Manning Thesis
790 Words | 4 PagesAfter becoming an adult, serving in the revolutionary war, and realizing how little say people in his class had, Manning made a distinction about how society was structured to benefit some more than most. He then began to write, The Key of Liberty, about this disparity calling himself and other workers “the many” and elite, rich businessmen “the few,” distinguishing between total populations of each group. Manning introduced the concept of “the few” possessing more power and influence over politicians than “the many” who voted for them. With an educational, economical and influential advantage, Manning could only wonder: “How could the well-being of the Many be secured constitutionally against the self-interested manipulations of the Few” (Manning, p. 58). Manning knew the laws in early America were heavily against protections for workers and helped businesses rake in record profits.
Eras Of Government In The 1960s And 1970s
1243 Words | 5 PagesDiffering forms of government size and involvement in public affairs has shaped many eras in America’s history. Expanding the government has usually led to the creation of the programs and specific offices dealing with niche interests or offices targeted at helping specific demographics of citizens. When these programs are used to the benefit the disenfranchised and disadvantaged is when democratic government starts to become a better system for all instead of only benefitting those with power. In the following eras the government of the United States was altered in some manner; Progressivism, The Great Society, and social movements in the 1960s and 70s all impacted the existing ideals held by political leaders and constituents.
See On Your Application
556 Words | 3 PagesJournal #2 The purpose of the article,“What Colleges Want to See on Your Application” by Emily Driscoll, is to discuss what would differentiate future college applicants in a pool of indistinguishable applications and to aid them in their quest for higher education. This article does have bias in that the author fails to consider Seniors, or students about to graduate from high school, who have neither challenged themselves nor engaged in their neighborhood. Driscoll assumes that their audience has been through every step from community service to recommendations, or has the opportunity to make up for lost time. In the article “What Colleges Want to See on Your Application,” Emily Driscoll discusses the contents the best application must display.
Corey Anderson's Unnatural Causes
1158 Words | 5 PagesThus, it is better to improve the social determinants of a community as a whole instead of one person in that community bettering themselves. Working together to fix the aspects of said society that are negatively affecting an area along with everyone doing what they can to add to the improvement of life
Walden Two Political System
349 Words | 2 PagesThe political system that the community of Walden Two is establishing is one that values what is ideal for the success of the community as a whole over the individual belief systems of each member. Although members of Walden Two were able to submit to being told the right way to vote on communal issues, this type of conditioning would not be effective in Scituate because of the strong-willed opinions and beliefs that members of the town frequently express. Frazier explains to the group that politics is only used to discuss certain matters where, “We all vote but we don’t all take an interest” (183). Walden Two is centered around the goal of creating a united, positive community that is free of stress, jealousy, and competition. With this objective
The Outcasts Of Poker Flat By John Oakhurst
402 Words | 2 PagesAt the beginning of The Outcasts of Poker Flat, the character John Oakhurst is introduced as a gambler, who has a calm tone and handsome face, with a compassionate, generous, honorable attitude, along with valuable leadership skills. Throughout the story, John Oakhurst shows qualities of being the strongest and then the weakest character. He shows his noble side when he returns money to Tom Simson, also known as “The Innocent”, after he won a gamble. Mr. Oakhurst considered it to be an unfair match due to Tom’s little experience with gambling and returned his money to Tom and told him to not gamble. However, the town of Poker Flat “a secret committee” gets rid of the improper citizens and Mr. Oakhurst was designated as one of them due to strong and lucky gambling skills.
Frederick Douglass: What Is An Individual's Path To Success?
691 Words | 3 PagesCurrent speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, was quoted saying, “every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together”. I disagree with his statement because individuals striving for true excellence do not need the complications infused in group work. The critique of others gets in the way of ideas when both sides do not agree, convoluting an individual's path to success. Time and time again, people hear of “self-made” billionaires and intellectuals who attained these assets by their own accord.
Communitarian Common Good
1379 Words | 6 PagesIndividual Choice and the Unity of Common Good While communitarians generally argue that members of a community share the same set of values and the same vision of the substantive good, to which new members are socialized, liberals tend to “construe this as equivalent to the rejection of individual diversity in relation to human goods” (Nederman, 1992, p. 977). In particular, liberal theorists largely seem to assume that any conception of the communal good that exceeds minimal consensus on tolerance and public order “imposes an ‘exclusivist,’ quasi-totalitarian conception of a common life upon individuals, who are thereby prevented from choosing their own life plans” (ibid.). In the effort to strengthen the communitarian argument and to fend
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