Nonprofit sector growth does not indicate rising social connectedness.
Evidence
If the growth of tertiary organizations represents one potential (but probably not real) counterexample to my thesis, a second countertrend is represented by the growing prominence of nonprofit organizations, especially nonprofit service agencies. This so-called third sector includes everything from Oxfam and the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Ford Foundation and the Mayo Clinic. In other words, although most secondary associations are nonprofits, most nonprofit agencies are not secondary associations. To identify trends in the size of the nonprofit sector with trends in social connectedness would be another fundamental conceptual mistake. — Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone, 43
Categorization
- DEFINE: Distinguishes ‘secondary associations’ (the social-capital form) from the broader nonprofit/third sector, warning against conflating sector size with civic connectedness.
- corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone: America’s Declining…, 43
- XREF: connects to: Declining civic volunteering was not offset by volunteers shifting to other organizations. — Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone: America’s Declining…, 35; Evangelical church attendance does not translate into broader community involvement — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 251; Church attendance boosts youth employment through networking, not religious belief. — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1113
Related
- Evangelical church attendance does not translate into broader community involvement (similarity 0.80)
- Church attendance boosts youth employment through networking, not religious belief. (similarity 0.80)
- Declining civic volunteering was not offset by volunteers shifting to other organizations. (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Evangelical church attendance does not translate into broader community involvement
#exemplifies(0.85) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 251 - Church attendance boosts youth employment through networking, not religious belief.
#exemplifies(0.78) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1113