I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.

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Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture....

Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture....

Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will...

Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will...

I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about...

I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about...

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy...

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy...

In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power...

In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power...

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one...

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one...

One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive...

One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive...

So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical...

So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical...

There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes...

There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes...

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market...

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market...

The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people...

The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people...

The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox...

The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox...

If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would...

If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would...

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which...

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which...

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that...

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that...

Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular...

Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular...

If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe.

If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe.

When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel...

When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel...

The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in...

The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in...

We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural...

We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural...