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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Thinking about Social Change in America
Section II: Trends in Civic Engagement and Social Capital
Chapter 2: Political Participation
Chapter 3: Civic Participation
Chapter 4: Religious Participation
Chapter 5: Connections in the Workplace
Chapter 6: Informal Social Connections
Chapter 7: Altruism, Volunteering, and Philanthropy
Chapter 8: Reciprocity, Honesty, and Trust
Chapter 9: Against the Tide? Small Groups, Social Movements, and the Net
Section III: Why?
Chapter 10: Introduction
Chapter 11: Pressures of Time and Money
Chapter 12: Mobility and Sprawl
Chapter 13: Technology and Mass Media
Chapter 14: From Generation to Generation
Chapter 15: What Killed Civic Engagement? Summing Up
Section IV: So What? (with the assistance of Kristin A. Goss)
Chapter 16: Introduction
Chapter 17: Education and Children’s Welfare
Chapter 18: Safe and Productive Neighborhoods
Chapter 19: Economic Prosperity
Chapter 20: Health and Happiness
Chapter 21: Democracy
Chapter 22: The Dark Side of Social Capital
Section V: What Is to Be Done?
Chapter 23: Lessons of History: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era
Chapter 24: Toward an Agenda for Social Capitalists
Appendix I: Measuring Social Change
Appendix II: Sources for Figures and Tables
Appendix III: The Rise and Fall of Civic and Professional Associations
Notes
The Story Behind this Book
Index
Footnote
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