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The Upswing (Robert D. Putnam)
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The Upswing is a work of historical sociology and political analysis by Robert D. Putnam, coauthored with Shaylyn Romney Garrett. It examines more than a century of American life to explain why the country moved from an era of high inequality, fragmentation, and self-interest in the late 19th century toward greater social cooperation, equality, and civic engagement in the first half of the 20th century, and then drifted back toward polarization and individualism after the 1960s. Putnam organizes this pattern as the I-We-I curve, a framework that connects changes in politics, economics, culture, and civic life. The book is not a simple celebration of the past; it also stresses that the earlier period of communal renewal was incomplete and often exclusionary, especially for Black Americans and women. Its purpose is both explanatory and comparative: to show how social change happened before, and to suggest what lessons might help rebuild trust, solidarity, and democratic capacity today.
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#IWeIcurve #AmericanGildedAge #ProgressiveErareform #civicrenewal #inclusivedemocracy #TheUpswing
The Upswing is a work of historical sociology and political analysis by Robert D. Putnam, coauthored with Shaylyn Romney Garrett. It examines more than a century of American life to explain why the country moved from an era of high inequality, fragmentation, and self-interest in the late 19th century toward greater social cooperation, equality, and civic engagement in the first half of the 20th century, and then drifted back toward polarization and individualism after the 1960s. Putnam organizes this pattern as the I-We-I curve, a framework that connects changes in politics, economics, culture, and civic life. The book is not a simple celebration of the past; it also stresses that the earlier period of communal renewal was incomplete and often exclusionary, especially for Black Americans and women. Its purpose is both explanatory and comparative: to show how social change happened before, and to suggest what lessons might help rebuild trust, solidarity, and democratic capacity today.
