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Democracies in Flux The Evolution of Social Capital in Contemporary Society

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    9780195150896

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    0195150899

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-08-15
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Social capital--good will, fellowship, sympathy, and social intercourse--is vitally important for the health of communities. In his new work, the author of "Bowling Alone" presents a panoramic look at the strength of civil society in eight advanced democracies. 50 line illustrations.

Author Biography


Robert D. Putnam is Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. The founder of the Saguaro Seminar on Civic Engagement, he is the author of the bestselling Bowling Alone, which has been hailed as "powerful" (Wall Street Journal), "a remarkable achievement" (Los Angeles Times), and "wide ranging...luminous...unpretentious and frequently funny" (The Economist).

Table of Contents

Introduction 3(18)
Robert D. Putnam
Kristin A. Goss
Great Britain
21(38)
The Role of Government and the Distribution of Social Capital
Peter A. Hall
United States
59(44)
Bridging the Privileged and the Marginalized?
Robert Wuthnow
United States
103(34)
From Membership to Advocacy
Theda Skocpol
France
137(52)
Old and New Civic and Social Ties in France
Jean-Pierre Worms
A Decline of Social Capital?
189(56)
The German Case
Claus Offe
Susanne Fuchs
From Civil War to Civil Society
245(44)
Social Capital in Spain from the 1930s to the 1990s
Victor Perez-Diaz
Sweden
289(44)
Social Capital in the Social Democratic State
Bo Rothstein
Australia
333(26)
Making the Lucky Country
Eva Cox
Broadening the Basis of Social Capital in Japan
359(34)
Takashi Inoguchi
Conclusion 393(24)
Robert D. Putnam
Notes 417(76)
Contributors 493(4)
Index 497

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