ISBN:
9781403979544
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (258 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Social capital (Sociology)
;
Civil society
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Generating Social Capital -- 2 The Sources of Social Capital -- 3 Democracy in France: Do Associations Matter? -- 4 The Importance of Passive Membership for Social Capital Formation -- 5 Voluntary Associations and Democratic Attitudes: Value Congruence as a Causal Mechanism -- 6 Associations or Informal Networks? Social Capital and Local Development Practices -- 7 Rain or Fog? An Empirical Examination of Social Capital's Rainmaker Effects -- 8 A Tale of Two Cities: Local Patterns of Social Capital -- 9 Trust, Democracy and Governance: Can Government Policies Influence Generalized Trust? -- 10 Social Capital, Impartiality and the Welfare State: An Institutional Approach -- 11 Institutions and Their Impact on Social Capital and Civic Culture: The Case of Italy -- 12 Conclusion: The Sources of Social Capital Reconsidered -- About the Authors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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