Robert D. Putnam

95.6k citations
145 papers · 57.8k · 18 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

  • Communication top 0.01%
    • Social Media and Politics
    • Social Capital and Networks
    • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
    • Social and Cultural Dynamics
    • Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
    • Religion and Society Interactions

Papers in

Robert D. Putnam

128 papers receiving 49.4k citations

Robert D. Putnam's Hit Papers

American grace: how religion divides and unites us 2011 · 928 citations
9280+11+22Years since publication2.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k

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Robert D. Putnam
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  • Communication 6.3k
  • Sociology and Political Science 33.9k
  • Public Administration 2.5k
  • Health 5.2k
  • Political Science and International Relations 13.2k
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All Works

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Bowling alone
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200011311
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Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital
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19958458
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Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy
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19936594
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Making Democracy Work
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19944667
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Diplomacy and domestic politics: the logic of two-level games
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19883611
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The Prosperous Community: Social Capital and Public Life
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19932813
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E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty‐first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture
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20072712
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Making Democracy Work
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19942483
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Tuning In, Tuning Out: The Strange Disappearance of Social Capital in America
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19952187
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The social context of well–being
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20041536
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Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy.
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19941275
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Tuning In, Tuning Out: The Strange Disappearance of Social Capital in America
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19951093
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American grace: how religion divides and unites us
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2011928
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Social Capital: Measurement and Consequences
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2001876
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Religion, Social Networks, and Life Satisfaction
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2010661
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Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies
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1981602
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The strange disappearance of civic America
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1996500
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Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies.
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1983413
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Economic Growth and Social Capital in Italy
1995405
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About Robert D. Putnam

Robert D. Putnam is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics, Health and Education, having authored 145 papers that have together received 57.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social Capital and Networks (13 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (6 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (6 papers), Historical and Environmental Studies (6 papers), Diverse academic and cultural studies (5 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (5 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (5 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (6.3k citations), Sociology and Political Science (33.9k citations), Public Administration (2.5k citations), Health (5.2k citations) and Political Science and International Relations (13.2k citations). Robert D. Putnam has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Fritz Stern, Raffaella Y. Nanetti, Robert Leonardi, John F. Helliwell, Frederick D. Weil, Chaeyoon Lim, Bert A. Rockman, Joel D. Aberbach, David E. Campbell and Marvin B. Becker. Their work appears in journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Foreign Affairs, Journal of democracy, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal and International Organization.

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