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Robert Putnam's (2000, 100, 247ff., 252, 268f.) epithet that people are ‘bowling alone’, have deserted collective activities, encapsulates his claims concerning a decline in social capital over recent years and between the older to the younger generation. Middle-aged and older people are more active in organisations than younger people, vote more regularly, work on community projects and volunteer more. According to some commentators, along with apathy goes alienation or 'cynical chic' (e.g. see Eliasoph 1998; Gameson 1992). In Australia, too, it is claimed that young Australians are ‘bowling alone’, not joining political parties or unions as their parents did, although some commentators, such as Groot (2002) question such claims.
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Harris, A., Bulbeck, C. (2010). Gender, Youth and Contemporary Political Engagements. In: Ittel, A., Merkens, H., Stecher, L., Zinnecker, J. (eds) Jahrbuch Jugendforschung. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92320-8_2
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