http://www.metafilter.com/tags/robertputnam Posts tagged with 'robertputnam' at MetaFilter. Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:11:21 -0800 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:11:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/63615/The%2Ddownside%2Dof%2Ddiversity <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/05/the_downside_of_diversity/?page=full">The downside of diversity.</a> <em>A Harvard political scientist finds that diversity hurts civic life. What happens when a liberal scholar unearths an inconvenient truth?</em> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.63615 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:11:21 -0800 Civics community diversity Multiculturalism PoliticalScience polysci RobertPutnam srboisvert http://www.metafilter.com/30083/Dean%2DCampaign%2Dand%2DRevival%2Dof%2DCommunity <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/magazine/07DEAN.html?pagewanted=4">Dean Campaign and Revival of Community.</a> Robert Putnam's book <a href="http://www.bowlingalone.com/">Bowling Alone</a> charted the decline of communities in America, arguing that people tended to no longer to meet others outside the family for common interests or causes. The NYTimes Magazine argues that the Dean Campaign derives its popularity from reviving such communal connections. [More Inside] tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.30083 Sun, 07 Dec 2003 19:40:43 -0800 bowlingalone campaign community howarddean robertputnam gregb1007