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Let''s talk (and change the world).

Publication: Sierra
Publication Date: 01-SEP-03 		Format: Online - approximately 511 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Let''s talk (and change the world).(Sierra)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
In the last few decades, Americans have become spectator citizens. Robert Putnam's book Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community counts the ways: Interest in public affairs has declined by 20 percent, voting by 25 percent, attendance at public meetings by 30 percent, and participation in party politics by 40 percent. A professor of public policy at Harvard University, Putnam says that Americans are more socially isolated these days, too. Bowling leagues are...

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