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Democracy by Robert Putnam

into wards to allow for citizen participation and government to maintain the facilities within their area. The idea being that cit...

Putnam: "Making Democracy Work"

Yes. Putnams introductory pages clearly explain his reasons for using Italy as his "laboratory": two regional governments, one in ...

Fictional Debate Between Robert Putnam, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Cornel West

Contemporary society is characterized by a common agreement that our society is in an upheaval. Opinions as to the cause...

Nature of Mental States by Hillary Putnam

In three pages this paper examines the theories of philosopher Hillary Putnam as represented in the text. There are 3 sources cit...

Karl Polanyi and Robert D. Putnam

In eight pages this paper discusses the theories of Polanyi and Putnam in terms of the cultural influence exerted by economics and...

Robert Putnan's Bowling Alone Summarized

group meetings like they used to. He brings in the idea of bowling, as seen in the title, indicating that there has been an incr...

Robert D. Putnam and Mind Play

the result of our communal activity and community sharing has been shrinking over the past forty years and this shrinkage poses a ...

Comparing Putnam and Volgy

general are a group of hardworking and honest people with our good in mind. The focus of Volgys book is local government since it...

UK and Democracy

cruel autocrats; guarantees citizens certain fundamental rights that non-democratic systems are unable to grant; insures citizens ...

Democracy Views of C.L.R. James and Alexis de Tocqueville

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares the democracy perspectives of Cyril Lionel Robert James and Alexis de Tocqueville...

U.S. and Social Capitalism's Decline

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the decline in American social capitalism within the context of Bowling Alone by Robert Putn...

Bowling Alone Message and Data Assessment

In seven pages the text by Robert Putnam that evaluates America's diminishing attention to social capital maintenance is examined ...

Civic Duty, the Community, and Individualism

what could be, seeing community as important and contingent on something he calls social capital. University Professor Robert D. ...

The Ready Made World by Hillary Putnam

In five pages theoretical processes and truth in 'the ready made world' are examined within the context of Putnam's book which thi...

Big Government Programs vs. Community Involvement

time, or on the other hand, the giant bureaucracy has more money, more programs and reaches more people on a widescale basis. What...

Impracticality of Direct Democracy

in fifth century Athens, actually led the nation (190). Some might argue that the leadership was based on age and gender and so al...

Book Reviews on the U.S. and Democracy

In six pages various principles of democracy are examined within the context of the texts The Politics of Democracy by Pendleton H...

A Consideration of Athenian Democracy

In five pages this paper considers whether Athenian democracy reflects the democracy concept including a case study from the perio...

A.H.M. Jones' Athenian Democracy

In four pages this text is reviewed and comparisons are made between Athenian and American democracies....

Democracy and Education

In four pages democracy and its demands are examined in terms of social ideals and education's role....

Contemporary Law v. Pre 1700 Law

of settling a dispute. In fact, during King Henry IIs reign (1133-1189), "no other legal means was recognized for the settlement ...

Democracy and Public Administration

in fact, last summer when the governor of New Jersey appointed a "friend" to the position of state homeland security. The "friend"...

Democracy

(The U.S. Department of States Bureau of International Information Programs). Or, as Abraham Lincoln is famous for noting, a democ...

Process of Poetry

has to "face the men of the time" and "think about war," in order to "construct a new stage" (Of Modern Poetry...Stevens). What St...

Dahl/A Classic Study

equality that are assumed to be the bedrock of the American political system. However, the empirical premises examine the reality ...

American Individualism According to Emerson, Bellah and de'Tocqueville

This 5 page paper examines various types of American individualism by analyzing literary works. The pitfalls of individualism were...

Democracy In Singapore And Indonesia

There are certain commonalities among all forms or systems of democracy that include the separation of powers, a constitution, law...

Critique of British Poets

et al, 1996, p. 1251). Robert Burns Robert Burns was the eldest of seven children, the son of a hard-working farmer (Anonymous, ...

The American Supreme Court by Robert McCloskey

In five pages an analysis of this text by Robert McCloskey is presented....

Greatness of Robert E. Lee

In nine pages this paper discusses the greatness of General Robert E. Lee in a twenty source annotated bibliography....