Contradictory local crosscurrents still reveal shared national trends in civic life.

Evidence

In each domain we shall encounter currents and crosscurrents and eddies, but in each we shall also discover common, powerful tidal movements that have swept across American society in the twentieth century. — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 68

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: American civic engagement spans widely varied forms and scales simultaneously. — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 66; Most people still held civic community spirit despite decades of atomizing capitalism — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 771; Foreign membership growth can distort apparent US civic association trends — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1572

Broader Connections

• American civic engagement spans widely varied forms and scales simultaneously. #corroborates (0.82) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 66
• Most people still held civic community spirit despite decades of atomizing capitalism #corroborates (0.78) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 771
• Foreign membership growth can distort apparent US civic association trends #qualifies (0.75) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1572