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forensic examination of Australian life, this insightful book suggests that contemporary society has lost touch with its communities and its people, Written from an economists perspective and based on organizational membership records and surveys, it presents the reasons why the social fabric has begun to fray and outlines the necessary steps to create a better civic and personal life.
Distilling various aspects of Australian routineincluding religion, sport, and employmentthis book reveals what is being lost and how to get it back, Now lets have a street party and get back those,friends Along with Robert Putnam's 'Bowling Alone' one of the most important books for survival of civil society Disconnectedby Andrew Leigh is a crisp, well researched, well written book by the member for Fraser.
Leigh was a professor of economics, He also worked as a researched on Robert Putnams book Bowling Alone that studied the measurable decline of social capital in the US, Disconnected does the same for Australia,

Leigh looks at joining general organisation like the Lions club, membership of churches, membership of political parties, how people socialise in the workforce, participation in sport and cultural activities, how well people know their neighbours and how good their friends are and studies of trust and honesty.
Each chapter looks at quantifiable measures of how peoples participation in these activities have changed over time,

Leigh then looks at how to explain the trends, Here increased working hours, increased female participation in the workforce, longer commutes, television and diversity are calmly examined, He goes on to state what someone can do to counter these trends,

The book is a credit to

its author, Its a calm, nonpolitical, wonkish book on an important subject, It shows what a real academic can write to contribute ideas based on solid data into social debate, Leigh even includes some subtle bipartisanship in that the first person he credits with helping him is Andrew Norton, The book is definitely the best book on policy Ive read by an Australian politician, Andrew Leigh is the federal member for Fraser and the Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Before being elected in, he was a professor of economics at the Australian National University, His books include Disconnected, Battlers and Billionairesand The Economics of Just About Everything, .