Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
10-21-2004
Abstract
In a series of books and articles, Robert Putnam outlined his famous "bowling alone" theses of declining civic participation, which he attributed in considerable part to television and other alternative leisure time pursuits. Putnam also acknowledged the possibility of other possible factors. This presentation identifies two such possibilities that coincide with the decline Putnam noted, - national security and suburbanization - as well as more recent and more ambiguous, technology-related factors contributing to declines in civic participation.
Digital Commons Citation
Lohmann, Roger A., "National Security, Suburbanization, Technology, And the Prospect of Renewing Civic Participation" (2004). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 1713.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/1713
Source Citation
Presented at the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. October 21, 2004.
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Comments
At the time, I was an adjunct professor at the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations and Editor of Nonprofit Management and Leadership.