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Robert D. Putnam

Robert D. Putnam
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Robert D. Putnam

Robert D. Putnam is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and founder of the Saguaro Seminar, a program dedicated to fostering civic engagement in America. He is the author or coauthor of ten previous books and is former dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

American Grace is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 21, 2012
American Grace will be released on February 21, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 21, 2012
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from American Grace
Jan 08, 2011
American Grace is now available in eBook
Oct 05, 2010
American Grace will be released on October 05, 2010 in eBook
Oct 05, 2010
American Grace is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 05, 2010
American Grace will be released on October 05, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 05, 2010
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from American Grace
Oct 02, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from American Grace
Oct 01, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Bowling Alone
Apr 27, 2010
Better Together will be released on December 01, 2009 in eBook
Dec 01, 2009
Better Together is now available in eBook
Dec 01, 2009
American Grace is now available in eBook
May 01, 2009
American Grace will be released on May 01, 2009 in eBook
Jan 07, 2009
American Grace will be released on May 01, 2009 in eBook
Dec 19, 2008
Better Together will be released on June 20, 2008 in eBook
Jun 20, 2008

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Sojourners, May 11, 2012
...U.S. religion, “American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us,” published in 2010. In that book, authors Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell elaborated the so-called “Aunt Susan Principle” – the “Aunt Susan” in all our lives, “the...
The Advocate, April 14, 2012
...RELIGION DIVIDES AND UNITES US and David E. Campbell Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, $19.99 softcover University scholars Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell have delved into the fabrics and trends of American religious life with enough thoroughness and...
New Yorker, April 9, 2012
...multiplied across a population, it becomes problematic. In a landmark study, ?Bowling Alone? (2000), the Harvard political scientist Robert D. Putnam noted a puzzling three-decade decline in what he called ?social capital?: the networks of support and...
New Yorker, April 9, 2012
...multiplied across a population, it becomes problematic. In a landmark study, ?Bowling Alone? (2000), the Harvard political scientist Robert D. Putnam noted a puzzling three-decade decline in what he called ?social capital?: the networks of support and...
Libertymagazine, March 6, 2012
...one pole, and the avowedly secular at the other. The moderate religious middle is shrinking.” So say professors Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell in American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, a comprehensive and evenhanded account of...
WXEL, March 1, 2012
...war, and Bing West evaluates military failures in Afghanistan. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Marcia Clark, Julian Barnes, Robert D. Putnam and David Campbell, Ron Rosenbaum and Bing West. Charlotte Abbott edits "New in Paperback." A contributing...
NPR, March 1, 2012
...distinctions in talking about love and sex demonstrate that Barnes has his finger on topics that matter. by Robert D. Putnam, David E. Campbell and Shaylyn Romney Garrett Americans are adjusting their religious views to fit their politics, argues Robert...
WXEL, March 1, 2012
...war, and Bing West evaluates military failures in Afghanistan. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Marcia Clark, Julian Barnes, Robert D. Putnam and David Campbell, Ron Rosenbaum and Bing West. Charlotte Abbott edits "New in Paperback." A contributing...
KTEP 88.5 FM, March 1, 2012
...war, and Bing West evaluates military failures in Afghanistan. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Marcia Clark, Julian Barnes, Robert D. Putnam and David Campbell, Ron Rosenbaum and Bing West. Charlotte Abbott edits "New in Paperback." A contributing...
NPR, March 1, 2012
...distinctions in talking about love and sex demonstrate that Barnes has his finger on topics that matter. by Robert D. Putnam, David E. Campbell and Shaylyn Romney Garrett Americans are adjusting their religious views to fit their politics, argues Robert...
Wyoming Public Radio, March 1, 2012
...war, and Bing West evaluates military failures in Afghanistan. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Marcia Clark, Julian Barnes, Robert D. Putnam and David Campbell, Ron Rosenbaum and Bing West. Charlotte Abbott edits "New in Paperback." A contributing...
WRTI 90.1 FM, February 29, 2012
...war, and Bing West evaluates military failures in Afghanistan. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Marcia Clark, Julian Barnes, Robert D. Putnam and David Campbell, Ron Rosenbaum and Bing West. Charlotte Abbott edits "New in Paperback." A contributing...
WNIJ, February 29, 2012
...war, and Bing West evaluates military failures in Afghanistan. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Marcia Clark, Julian Barnes, Robert D. Putnam and David Campbell, Ron Rosenbaum and Bing West. Charlotte Abbott edits "New in Paperback." A contributing...
Delmarva Public Radio, February 29, 2012
...war, and Bing West evaluates military failures in Afghanistan. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Marcia Clark, Julian Barnes, Robert D. Putnam and David Campbell, Ron Rosenbaum and Bing West. Charlotte Abbott edits "New in Paperback." A contributing...