Bowling alone: the collapse and revival of American community

Thinking about social change in America

Political participation

Civic participation

Religious participation

Connections in the workplace

Informal social connections

Altruism, volunteering, and philanthropy

Reciprocity, honesty, and trust

Against the tide? Small groups, social movements, and the Net

Pressures of time and money

Mobility and sprawl

Technology and mass media

From generation to generation

What killed civic engagement? Summing up

Education and children's welfare

Safe and productive neighborhoods

Economic prosperity

Health and happiness

Democracy

The dark side of social capital

Lessons of history: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era

Toward an agenda for social capitalists

Appendix I: Measuring social change

Appendix II: Sources for figures and tables

Appendix III: The rise and fall of civic professional associations

Notes

The story behind this book.

Thinking about social change in America

Political participation

Civic participation

Religious participation

Connections in the workplace

Informal social connections

Altruism, volunteering, and philanthropy

Reciprocity, honesty, and trust

Against the tide? : small groups, social movements, and the Net

Pressures of time and money

Mobility and sprawl

Technology and mass media

From generation to generation

What killed civic engagement? : summing up

Education and children's welfare

Safe and productive neighborhoods

Economic prosperity

Health and happiness

Democracy

The dark side of social capital

Lessons of history : the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era

Toward an agenda for social capitalists.