Social Capital In Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone

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In America, social capital is tool to improve our lives and Americans are influence are nation to grow beyond expectations. Americans are still exist due to social capital influence in many ways like are health care, education, community and government. It is hard to live without social capital; in America, because it is primary resources use to improve quality of a nation. The book of Bowling alone by Robert Putnam, the chapter, 16 and 17 both make a point of to live to the fullest, to have features, to have social face-to-face conversation, to have child development and effect parent not evolve child life.
Social capital has an effect on each person some way to live there live to the fullest. Putnam shows that individuals’ humans are happy
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Putnam realize, to live in America that money will make difference for each person because it is trait to survive in the world. In reality, Putnam knows that there are many features to change in our lives, “… child welfare and education; healthy and productive neighborhoods; economic prosperity; health and happiness; and democratic citizenship and government performance” (Putnam 290). He wants us to know that one features that not make difference, so for any person need to have many features to make a difference person life. Putnam wants to show that feature will make a difference for themselves and in time, they make difference in the community by others helping others out and in the result, it will show to improve one community out time. Putnam states at one point, “I present evidence that social capital makes us smarter, healthier, safer, richer and better able to govern a just and stable democracy” (Putnam 290). We need a community to have capital because every parents wants their children to have many opportunities in life, which their parents did not have for them. Everyone need to have at least two feature because to make a difference in the …show more content…
Putnam know the only way to get them right things in life is to get an education for the future. The Putnam acknowledges, “Social capital matters for children’s successful development in life” (Putnam 299). School is the only way for child to have the tools to help them have good development in life. The better social capital in a community the results to improve on children life because better teaching them to do the right thing. Putnam realize that that student successful future is most important, so being evolve community help themselves and help others. Putnam comments, “the studies have found that student learning is influenced not only by what happens in school and at home, but also by social networks, norms, and trust in the school and in the wider community” (Putnam 302). Students wants to learn anywhere in community because want to understand things and what is purpose the things that are around them. The child is important to have good development because make a difference for them self and to the