7 hrs ago·edited 7 hrs agoLiked by Charles Bastille
"As many commenters have noted in my related stories on Ruminato, it all started to go wrong when Reagan was elected." But Reagan rode a wave that started much earlier. One interesting book on the topic is Upswing by Putnam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D._Putnam . He goes back to 1870 and tries to understand the long waves of change in American politics.
I am glad you mention the important study "Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal" from the 1930ies. Arguably one of the most important works in sociology of the 20th century, but not widely known anymore afaik. I was just wondering the other day whether somebody is doing similar work today?
"As many commenters have noted in my related stories on Ruminato, it all started to go wrong when Reagan was elected." But Reagan rode a wave that started much earlier. One interesting book on the topic is Upswing by Putnam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D._Putnam . He goes back to 1870 and tries to understand the long waves of change in American politics.
I’m not a historian. However, I believe some of this goes much further back in time.
I am glad you mention the important study "Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal" from the 1930ies. Arguably one of the most important works in sociology of the 20th century, but not widely known anymore afaik. I was just wondering the other day whether somebody is doing similar work today?
Btw, you may enjoy to look at https://www.dasrotewien.at/seite/die-arbeitslosen-von-marienthal for more background (I guess you can get an automatic translation).
Thanks, I’ll look into it.