been declining. Journalist Nicholas Lemann proposed that rather than declining, civic activity in the US had assumed different forms. While bowling leagues and many other organizations had declined, others like youth soccer leagues had grown. He also points out that the thesis of Bowling Alone contradicts an implicit assumption of Putnam's previous book Making Democracy Work – that a tradition of civic engagement is incredibly durable over time. In their 2017 book One Nation After Trump, Thomas E. Mann, Norm Ornstein and E. J. Dionne wrote that the decline of social and civic groups that Putnam documented was a factor in the election of Donald Trump as "many rallied to him out of a yearning for forms of community and solidarity that they sense have been lost." Publication data See also Community building Saguaro Seminar Society of the United States References External links Presentation by Putnam on Bowling Alone, June 7, 2000, C-SPAN Booknotes interview with Putnam on Bowling Alone, December 24, 2000, C-SPAN 2000 non-fiction books Sociology books Community building Metaphors referring to sport