Younger generations retain strong ties but lost bridging ties to wider community

Evidence

As the new century opened, the younger generation felt less connection to civic communities—residential, religious, organizational—without any apparent offsetting focus of belongingness, beyond the ties to family, friends, and co-workers that they shared with the older generation. For the younger cohort, strong ties still count, but they are no longer complemented and reinforced by ties to the wider community. — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 952

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Community bonds have thinned from dense local ties into weak single-purpose ones — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 605; Generational effects alter society even when individuals stay the same — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 858; Different civic activities declined through different generational and society-wide mechanisms — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 915 (+1 more)