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APSA Presidential Address: The Public Role of Political Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2003

Robert D. Putnam
Robert D. Putnam
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Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University (Robert_Putnam@Harvard.edu). Among his recent books are Making Democracy Work, Bowling Alone, and Better Together: Restoring the American Community, a forthcoming collection of case studies of the renewal of social capital across America. His current research addresses the challenges of building community in an increasingly diverse society. This essay is a slightly expanded version of his presidential address at the 2002 APSA annual meeting
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I'm pleased to report that the health of the American Political Science Association (APSA), and of political science as a discipline, is excellent.

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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , June 2003 , pp. 249 - 255
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© 2003 by the American Political Science Association

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