A Labor Intellectual's Plan To Rebraid Our Frayed Social Fabric - Andrew Leigh
The Joe Walker Podcast
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The Importance of Religion in Community Organisations
Not all community organisations are created equal from the perspective of social capital and that some might be more effective at building social capital than others. One of the things we noticed in effective community organisations is that often there is professional as a really well-run business. We admire the way in which Zoos South Australia thought about their volunteers in the same way as large firms think about human resources. And they recognise that if you just say yes to everyone, Joe, then you'll get volunteers in who aren't necessarily aligned with your mission. As an atheist, how do you think about religion? It's enormously important for building social capital. Robert Putnam in American Grace has a line where he says,
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