Robert D. Putnam

Robert D. Putnam
Robert D. Putnam
	Putnam in 2006
Born	Robert David Putnam; January 9, 1941 (age 83); Rochester, New York, US
Other names	Bob Putnam
Spouse	Rosemary (m. 1963)
Awards	Commander of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity (2004); Skytte Prize (2006); National Humanities Medal (2013);
Academic background
Alma mater	Swarthmore College; Yale University;
Thesis	Politicians and Politics (1970)
Academic work
Discipline	Political science; sociology;
Sub-discipline	Political sociology
School or tradition	Communitarianism
Institutions	University of Michigan; Harvard University;
Doctoral students	David E. Campbell; David Rayside;
Main interests	Social capital
Notable works	Making Democracy Work (1993); Bowling Alone (2000);
Notable ideas	Two-level game theory

Robert David Putnam^[a] (born January 9, 1941) is an American political scientist.

He is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. Putnam developed the two-level game theory that says international agreements will only be successfully if they also have domestic benefits.

Notes[change | change source]

↑ Fabbrini, Sergio (2011). "Robert D. Putnam Between Italy and the United States" (PDF). Bulletin of Italian Politics. 3 (2): 391–399. ISSN 1759-3077. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 3, 2018.
↑ Putnam, Robert David (1970). Politicians and Politics: Themes in British and Italian Elite Political Culture (PhD thesis). New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. OCLC 83494112.
↑ Campbell, David E. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Notre Dame, Illinois: University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
↑ Rayside, David. "Biography: Introduction". David Rayside. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.

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