Social Capital and Democracy at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Prof. Robert Putnam Discusses His Theories of Political Science
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Alexandria—Renowned Harvard Professor of Political Sciences, Prof. Robert Putnam delivered a lecture on 16 January 2007 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The lecture, on the subjects of Community Involvement in Changing America and Making Democracy Work, was moderated by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Prof. Putnam is known as an authority on the subjects of civic engagement, civil society, and social capital. He is author and co-author of a dozen books and over thirty scholarly articles published in twenty languages. His book Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2000) has achieved world renown.
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