Contents

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: Thinking about Social Change in America

SECTION II: TRENDS IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL CAPITAL

CHAPTER 2: Political Participation CHAPTER 3: Civic Participation CHAPTER 4: Religious Participation CHAPTER 5: Connections in the Workplace CHAPTER 6: Informal Social Connections CHAPTER 7: Altruism, Volunteering, and Philanthropy CHAPTER 8: Reciprocity, Honesty, and Trust CHAPTER 9: Against the Tide? Small Groups, Social Movements, and the Net

SECTION III: WHY?

CHAPTER 10: Introduction CHAPTER 11: Pressures of Time and Money CHAPTER 12: Mobility and Sprawl CHAPTER 13: Technology and Mass Media CHAPTER 14: From Generation to Generation CHAPTER 15: What Killed Civic Engagement? Summing Up

SECTION IV: SO WHAT? (with the assistance of Kristin A. Goss)

CHAPTER 16: Introduction CHAPTER 17: Education and Children's Welfare CHAPTER 18: Safe and Productive Neighborhoods CHAPTER 19: Economic Prosperity CHAPTER 20: Health and Happiness CHAPTER 21: Democracy CHAPTER 22: The Dark Side of Social Capital

SECTION V: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

CHAPTER 23: Lessons of History: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era CHAPTER 24: Toward an Agenda for Social Capitalists

APPENDIX I: Measuring Social Change APPENDIX II: Sources for Figures and Tables APPENDIX III: The Rise and Fall of Civic and Professional Associations

NOTES THE STORY BEHIND THIS BOOK INDEX