2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Robert Putnam's 2000 documentation of the decline in American civic engagement — using 500,000 interviews to show that Americans participate less in civic organizations, trust their neighbors less, and maintain fewer social connections than in previous generations — the most cited political science book of the 2000s.
American political scientist — Harvard — author of Bowling Alone and Making Democracy Work — who created the social capital concept and documented its decline in America — the most influential political scientist of the last 30 years.