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    “Is Robert D. Putnam Correct About Civic America?” By: Patricia Hulverson Political Science 221 What is the source of the decline in social capitalism? According to Robert D. Putnam in “The Strange Disappearance of Civic America‚” it is television. Putnam defines social capitalism as “networks‚ norms‚ and trust that enable participants to act together more effectively to pursue shared objectives.” (Putnam1) He explored many posssible reasons for the decline including mobility‚ lack of time‚

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    Our Kids By Robert Putnam

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    Throughout America’s communities today‚ the quality of schooling varies from school to school. In the book Our Kids the author‚ Robert Putnam‚ believes that the increased gap between the wealthy and poor is what causes the differences in school quality and opportunities for the students (Putnam‚ 2015). Recently‚ I had the pleasure of interviewing two of today’s youth‚ Josh and Erin. Their names have been changed for the sake of anonymity. Josh is a 17-year-old student at Shawnee Mission East High

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    In his Twin Earth example‚ Putnam describes ‘Twin Earth’ as a place that is essentially a duplicate of earth. Everything on this Twin Earth is the same‚ except for the molecular structure of its water. Instead of its water having a chemical structure that consists of H2O‚ its chemical structure is XYZ. Although it does contain the same superficial characteristics of water‚ Putnam theorizes that this XYZ ‘water’ is not the same as the water here on earth. Thus‚ Putnam draws his first conclusion.

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    nn Putnam (October 18‚ 1679 – 1716)‚ along with Elizabeth "Betty" Parris‚ Mary Walcott and Abigail Williams‚ was an important witness at the Salem Witch Trials of Massachusetts during the later portion of 17th century Colonial America. Born 1679 in Salem Village‚ Essex County‚ Massachusetts‚ she was the eldest child of Thomas Putnam (1652–1699) and Ann Carr (1661–1699). She was friends with some of the girls who claimed to be afflicted by witchcraft and‚ in March 1692‚ proclaimed to be afflicted

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    Civic Engagement

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    Civic Engagement and Political Awareness in the Youth of America Change is inevitable and the popular one hit wonder‚ Video Killed the Radio Star‚ echoes a nostalgic desire to appreciate the past. The simple‚ yet meaningful verse‚ “we can’t rewind we’ve gone too far‚” drives home the notion that the past is in the past‚ and one can only move forward. The song directly relates to technological changes in music at that time period. The lyrics give the impression radio will be replaced by visually

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    abrupt and mysterious disappearance of the Mayan civilization One theory suggested by Dr. Michel Peissel‚ is that the decline was caused by the pressure of war and invasions. It’s possible that the Mayans may have been in frequent warfare with surrounding civilizations and/or tribes. This frequent warfare could have caused the Mayans to flee and discard their conventional agricultural methods. With raging war and lack of food‚ the Mayans may have fled for survival. War with strange new people could have

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    Putnam Plastics

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    quite a bit of the middle section of the factory tour because I couldn’t hear but I was especially fond of the new ecoflaps PCPM is producing. That is something I’ve never thought of before and it’s nice to know things like that are made here in Putnam County. What they do at PCPM is a pretty complex operation‚ with all of the different plastics they have to keep separate and at different temperatures it is quite a task. The variety of products that are made by PCPM must require a lot of skilled

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    Enforced Disappearance

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    o Introduction o Berry Buzan theory on security o Key concepts  Hartal  Missing [Enforced disappearance] o Impacts  Hartal in the perspective of Bangladeshi security  Missing in the perspective of Bangladeshi security o Conclusion Assignment

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    Minoan Disappearance

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    Prosper to Perish The Minoan civilization was one of prosperity and influence‚ until its sudden disappearance from the civilized world. Most civilizations go through a pattern of chaos‚ adjustment and finally balance. The Minoans‚ however‚ had balance‚ and then chaos hit and the adjustment ended up being their finite disappearance. In the Golden Age of Athens in the 5th century‚ the Minoans were the stuff of legend‚ remaining so until the discovery of the ruins of Knossos in the 1900’s by British

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    Disappearance Of The Shark

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    First of all‚ the relationship that most people see when they see a shark fits into the feeling of being horrified. Then seeing the disappearance of the shark‚ most people would feel relieved‚ but instead the advertisement claims it is “more horrifying.” Not only are they making the viewer think of why a shark disappearing is horrifying because it is a bit unexpected‚ but also the way in

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