| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 256 pages) |
| Contents |
Generating Social Capital / Marc Hooghe & Dietlind Stolle -- The Sources of Social Capital: Theoretical and Empirical Insights / Dietlind Stolle -- Part 1: Society-Centered Approaches to Social Capital -- The Creation of Democratic Attitudes: Do Associations Matter? / Nonna Mayer -- How Important is Face-To-Face Interaction? / Dag Wollebaek & Per Selle -- Voluntary Associations and Civic Attitudes: Value Congruence as a Causal Mechanism / Marc Hooghe -- Associations or Informal Networks? Social Capital and Local Development Practices / Nadia Molenaers -- Rain or Fog: An Empirical Examination of Social Capital's Rainmaker Effects / Job van der Meer -- Part II: Institution-centered Approaches to Social Capital -- A Tale of Two Cities: Local Patterns of Social Capital / Joep de Hart & Paul Dekker -- Trust, Democracy and Governance: Can Government Policies Influence Generalized Trust? / Eric M. Uslaner -- Social Capital, Impartiality and the Welfare State: An Institutional Approach / Bo Rothstein & Dietlind Stolle -- Contemporary Institutions versus Historical Trajectories: The Case of Italy / Michel Huysseune |
| Summary |
Social capital--networks of civic engagements, norms of reciprocity, and attitudes of trust--is widely seen as playing a key role for the health of democracy. While many authors have examined the consequences of social capital, there is a pressing need to explore its sources. This collection brings together leading American and European scholars in the first comparative analysis of how social trust and other civic attitudes are generated. The contributors to this volume examine the generation of social capital from two directions: society-based approaches that emphasize voluntary associations, and institutional approaches that emphasize policy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social capital (Sociology)
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Civil society.
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Politics & government.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Politics and Government.
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Civil society
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Social capital (Sociology)
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Interaktion
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Politische Institution
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Soziales Kapital
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Zivilgesellschaft
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Institution Soziologie
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Bürgerliche Gesellschaft
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Sociale netwerken.
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Maatschappelijk middenveld.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hooghe, Marc.
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Stolle, Dietlind, 1967-
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| ISBN |
9781403979544 |
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1403979545 |
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1281368210 |
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9781281368218 |
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9786611368210 |
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6611368213 |
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