Tellio’s InterWeb Notes 11/03/2009 (a.m.)
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Robert Putnam – Bowling Alone – Journal of Democracy 6:1
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Putnam
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life is easier in a community blessed with a
substantial stock of social capital.- – post by tellio
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networks of civic engagement foster sturdy norms of
generalized
reciprocity- – post by tellio
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acilitate coordination and communication
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emergence
of social trust -
economic and political
negotiation is embedded in dense networks
of social interaction -
amplify
reputations -
allow
dilemmas of collective action to be resolved -
incentives for opportunism are reduced.
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networks of civic engagement embody
past success at collaboration -
broaden the participants’ sense of self,
developing the “I” into the “we, -
cultural template for
future
collaboration -
enhancing the participants’
“taste”
for collective benefits
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