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Whydosomedemocraticgovernmentssucceedandothersfail?InabookthathasreceivedattentionfrompolicymakersandcivicactivistsinAmericaandaroundtheworld,RobertPutnamandhiscollaboratorsofferempiricalevidencefortheimportanceof
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RobertD.PutnamisthePeterandIsabelMalkinProfessorofPublicPolicyatHarvard,whereheteachesbothundergraduateandgraduatecourses.ProfessorPutnamisamemberoftheNationalAcademyofSciences,aFellowoftheBritishAcademy,andpastpresidentoftheAmericanPoliticalScienceAssociation.In2006,PutnamreceivedtheSkyttePrize,oneoftheworld'shighestaccoladesforapoliticalscientist.RaisedinasmalltownintheMidwestandeducatedatSwarthmore,Oxford,andYale,hehasservedasDeanoftheKennedySchoolofGovernment.Hehaswrittenfourteenbooks,translatedintotwentylanguages,includingthebest-sellingBowlingAlone:TheCollapseandRevivalofAmericanCommunity,andmorerecentlyBetterTogether:RestoringtheAmericanCommunity,astudyofpromisingnewformsofsocialconnectedness.Hispreviousbook,MakingDemocracyWork,waspraisedbytheEconomistas"agreatworkofsocialscience,worthytorankalongsidedeTocqueville,ParetoandWeber."BothMakingDemocracyWorkandBowlingAloneareamongthemostcitedpublicationsinthesocialsciencesworldwideinthelasthalfcentury.
