Making Democracy Work
Author | Robert D. Putnam |
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Original title | Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy |
Country | UK, US |
Language | English |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Publication date | 1993 |
Published in English | 1993 |
Media type | |
Pages | 247 |
ISBN | 978-0691078892 |
Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy (ISBN 978-0691078892) is a 1993 book written by Robert D. Putnam (with Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Y. Nanetti). Published by Princeton University Press, the book's central thesis is that social capital is key to high institutional performance and the maintenance of democracy. The authors studied the performance of the twenty regional Italian governments since 1970, which were similar institutions but differed in their social, economic and cultural context. They found that regional government performed best, holding other factors constant, where there were strong traditions of civic engagement.
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