"You tell me how many choral societies there are in an Italian region, and I will tell you…how long it will take to get your health bills reimbursed…" What did sociologist Robert Putnam mean by that statement?

By this statement, Robert Putnam meant that the informal social ties promote more efficient bureaucracy than the formal sectors.

Explanation:

In this analogy given by Robert Putnam, he represented the informal social ties with the choral societies and the formal social tie with the health sector.

There is always delay in  processes and activities due to an inefficient bureaucracy in these formal settings. The informal social ties handle bureaucracy  more efficiently than the formal setting

well for some you have to do on your own on a paper but yeah

sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on" is the sentence that best articulates this. then he gives the examples.   mark me brainliest