English Explanatory Dictionary

bowling alone thesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The posited decline of social capital in the United States since 1950.

Word forms

bowling alone thesis the bowling alone thesis

Etymology

After Bowling Alone, a 1995 essay and 2000 book by Robert D. Putnam, who gave the example of young Americans bowling on their own rather than in teams.

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