Building inward-facing social ties is a prerequisite for later outward political action
Evidence
The earlier, inward-oriented phase of creating social networks paved the way for the later, outward-oriented phase of political action. Like any stylized historical generalization, this interpretation could be exaggerated, since there were public facets of the Shriners and private facets of the League of Women Voters, but the central fact is that investment in social capital was not an alternative to, but a prerequisite for, political mobilization and reform. That too is a crucial lesson for our own times. — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1437
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Cross-national friendships in immigration detention can grow into collective political action against state power. — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 53; Republican ideals could be advanced by studying real-world successful collective action — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 83; Effective political action requires concert, confidence, and common bonds — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2467 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Effective political action requires concert, confidence, and common bonds
#corroborates(0.85) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2467 - Meaningful political change requires collaboration beyond individual and identity-group effort
#corroborates(0.80) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 1075 - Politicized collective identity requires power struggles reaching beyond immediate antagonists
#expands(0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4395