ISBN:
900416362X
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9789004163621
Language:
English
Pages:
vi, 328 p. S.
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
International comparative social studies v. 16
Parallel Title:
Print version Social Capital in Europe : Similarity of Countries and Diversity of People? Multi-level analyses of the European Social Survey 2002
DDC:
302.094
Keywords:
Social capital (Sociology)
;
Europe Social conditions
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Abstract:
Introduction / Heiner Meulemann -- Part I. Causes of social capital. Does the state affect the informal connections between its citizens? New institutionalist explanations of social participation in everyday life / Tom Van der Meer, Peer Scheepers, and Manfred te Grotenhuis; Is altruism more effective where it is required more? Collectivity-orientation and involvement in interest, issue and religious associations / Heiner Meulemann; What makes people trust in their fellow citizens? / Katja Neller; What determines citizens' normative conception of their civic duties / Bas Denters and Henk van der Kolk; Why television does erode social capital and why newspaper reading does not / Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck -- Part II. Consequences of social capital. Social capital and political involvement / Jan W. van Deth; Social capital and political trust / Oscar W. Gabriel and Melanie Walter-Rogg; Explaining level and equality of political participation. The role of social capital, socioeconomic moder
Abstract:
Social capital may foster the integration of a society and the stability of a democracy. This volume examines the differences in levels, causes and consequences of social capital between 22 European countries surveyed in the 2002 European Social Survey
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter One Introduction (Heiner Meulemann); Part One Causes of Social Capital; Chapter Two Does the State Affect the Informal Connections between its Citizens? New Institutionalist Explanations of Social Participation in Everyday Life (Tom Van der Meer, Peer Scheepers and Manfre; Chapter Three Is Altruism More Effective Where it is Required More? Collectivity-Orientation and Involvement in Interest, Issue and Religious Associations (Heiner Meulemann); Chapter Four What Makes People Trust in Their Fellow Citizens? (Katja Neller)
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter Five What Determines Citizens' Normative Conception of Their Civic Duties (Bas Denters and Henk van der Kolk)Chapter Six Why Television Does Erode Social Capital and Why Newspaper Reading Does Not (Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck); Part Two Consequences of Social Capital; Chapter Seven Social Capital and Political Involvement (Jan W. Van Deth); Chapter Eight Social Capital and Political Trust (Oscar W. Gabriel and Melanie Walter-Rogg)
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter Nine Explaining Level and Equality of Political Participation. The Role of Social Capital, Socioeconomic Modernity, and Political Institutions (Edeltraud Roller and Tatjana Rudi)Chapter Ten Social Capital and Empowerment at the Work Place (Heiner Meulemann); CONCLUSION; Chapter Eleven Retrospect and Prospect (Max Kaase); Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
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