Sociology 442

Vocabulary Study Guide


Putnam, Bowling Alone

As you read Bowling Alone, look for and define the following key words:

bonding social capital

bridging social capital

"corporate delocalization"

"doing with" vs. "doing for"

formal associations

generation, the long civic

generation, the postcivic

generational effects

informal social networking

life cycle effects

machers

"observing up, doing down"

reciprocity, generalized

reciprocity, specific

rule of law, the

schmoozers

self-disenfranchisement

social capital

social trust (including also: "thick trust," "thin trust," "artificial trust," "cool trust")


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