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Putnam's Enduring Civic Crisis
- Declining associationalism signals deeper social and political crises beyond digital influence.
- Putnam's predictions from the 1990s still resonate and have worsened, showing the long-term impact.
Limits of Social Capital View
- Social capital is often reduced to an instrumental market tool, ignoring its deeper democratic and collective power.
- Putnam's approach misses left-wing movements and the political control associational life provided.
Social Trust Anchors Social Capital
- Social trust is a foundational aspect of social capital critical for market functioning.
- Without politicizing social collapse, responses reduce to market efficiency concerns, sidelining democratic progress.