Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital

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Year

1995

Field

Political science / sociology

One-line gist

Tracks how Americans have been doing more things solo and fewer things in groups, and what that does to civic life.

Why this stuck

Made me notice how quiet neighborhood leagues and unions feel compared to the stories my older coworkers tell between pushes.

Commitment level

Article version is easy cruising; the full book is a cross-country.