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Robert D. Putnam

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Robert David Putnam (born January 9, 1941) is an American political scientist specializing in comparative politics. He is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. Putnam developed the influential two-level game theory that assumes international agreements will only be successfully brokered if they also result in domestic benefits. His most famous work, Bowling Alone, argues that the United States has undergone an unprecedented collapse in civic, social, associational, and political life (social capital) since the 1960s, with serious negative consequences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert D. Putnam is the 30th most popular political scientist (down from 23rd in 2019), the 4,699th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,401st in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Political Scientist. Learn more about Robert D. Putnam's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, Robert D. Putnam ranks 30 out of 46. Before him are Ilan Pappé, Arend Lijphart, James Flynn, Charles Murray, Norman Finkelstein, and William Graham Sumner. After him are Michel Pablo, Hayranidil Kadın, Robert Keohane, Marfa Boretskaya, Karl Deutsch, and Carl Joachim Friedrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Robert D. Putnam ranks 273. Before him are Roberto Calasso, Bakili Muluzi, Silvio Moser, Ulf Merbold, Ahmed al-Mirghani, and Tomaž Šalamun. After him are Mike Love, Airto Moreira, Wu Bangguo, Dragoljub Ojdanić, Andrea de Adamich, and Dirk Frimout.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert D. Putnam ranks 4,699 out of 20,380. Before him are Gianni Russo (1943), Metta World Peace (1979), Steve Lukather (1957), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), Movita Castaneda (1916), and Bobby Riggs (1918). After him are Harry Hammond Hess (1906), Dana Andrews (1909), Clifton Collins Jr. (1970), Frankie Faison (1949), Steve Smith (1954), and Jim Brown (1936).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In United States

Among political scientists born in United States, Robert D. Putnam ranks 13. Before him are Gene Sharp (1928), Graham Allison (1940), James Flynn (1934), Charles Murray (1943), Norman Finkelstein (1953), and William Graham Sumner (1840). After him are Robert Keohane (1941), Alexis Herman (1947), Sidney Verba (1932), Cass Sunstein (1954), and Claudine Gay (1970).

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