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Title Social capital and European democracy / edited by Jan W. van Deth ... [and others.]
Published London : Routledge, 1999
1999

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Description xvi,270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 6
Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 6
Contents Pt. I. Theoretical perspectives on social capital. 1. Social capital and democracy in modern Europe / Kenneth Newton. 2. The origins of social capital / Paul F. Whiteley. 3. Collective action theory and the analysis of social capital / Jacint Jordana -- Pt. II. Voluntary activity, participation and social capital - case studies of different countries. 4. Civic engagement and volunteering in the Netherlands: a 'Putnamian' analysis / Joep de Hart and Paul Dekker. 5. Contracting out the participation function: social capital and chequebook participation / William A. Maloney. 6. Voluntary associations and social capital in Finland / Martti Shsiainen. 7. The transformation of the voluntary sector in Norway: a decline in social capital? / Per Selle. 8. Facets of social capital in new democracies: the formation and consequences of social capital in Spain / Mariano Torcal and Jose Ramon Montero
9. The myth of American exceptionalism: a three-nation comparison of associational membership and social capital / Dietlind Stolle and Thomas R. Rochon -- Pt. III. The political effects of social capital. 10. Morality plays: social capital and moral behaviour in Anglo-American democracies / Eric M. Uslaner. 11. Social capital, active membership in voluntary associations and some aspects of political participation: an empirical case study / Jaak B. Billiet and Bart Cambre
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Social capital (Sociology) -- Europe, Western.
Voluntarism -- Europe, Western.
Social participation -- Europe, Western.
Democracy -- Europe, Western.
Voluntarism -- United States.
Social participation -- United States.
Democracy -- United States.
Author Deth, Jan W. van.
European Consortium for Political Research.
LC no. 98047885
ISBN 9780415186308
0415186307