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Collapse (medical)
About: Collapse (medical) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2224 publications have been published within this topic receiving 31963 citations.
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TL;DR: As an example of how the current "war on terrorism" could generate a durable civic renewal, Putnam points to the burst in civic practices that occurred during and after World War II, which he says "permanently marked" the generation that lived through it and had a "terrific effect on American public life over the last half-century."
Abstract: The present historical moment may seem a particularly inopportune time to review Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam's latest exploration of civic decline in America. After all, the outpouring of volunteerism, solidarity, patriotism, and self-sacrifice displayed by Americans in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks appears to fly in the face of Putnam's central argument: that \"social capital\" -defined as \"social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them\" (p. 19)'has declined to dangerously low levels in America over the last three decades. However, Putnam is not fazed in the least by the recent effusion of solidarity. Quite the contrary, he sees in it the potential to \"reverse what has been a 30to 40-year steady decline in most measures of connectedness or community.\"' As an example of how the current \"war on terrorism\" could generate a durable civic renewal, Putnam points to the burst in civic practices that occurred during and after World War II, which he says \"permanently marked\" the generation that lived through it and had a \"terrific effect on American public life over the last half-century.\" 3 If Americans can follow this example and channel their current civic
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TL;DR: In this article, the collapse and revival of the American community is described in an excellent e-book, which can be found in various report types and also media, including pdf, ppt, txt, pdf, word, rar, zip, and kindle.
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TL;DR: Jared Diamond investigates the fate of past human societies and the lessons for our own future as mentioned in this paper, and investigates the history of human societies, and their history is described in detail.
Abstract: Jared Diamond investigates the fate of past human societies, and the lessons for our own future.
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