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9780415186308

Social Capital and European Democracy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415186308

  • ISBN10:

    0415186307

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-08-04
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

The authors of this work examine the dominant view that voluntary activity promotes social capital and hence good government, but also explore alternative models for the creation of social capital.

Table of Contents

List of figures
vii
List of tables
viii
List of contributors
xi
Preface xv
PART I Theoretical perspectives on social capital 1(72)
Social capital and democracy in modern Europe
3(22)
Kenneth Newton
The origins of social capital
25(20)
Paul F. Whiteley
Collective action theory and the analysis of social capital
45(28)
Jacint Jordana
PART II Voluntary activity, participation and social capital--case studies of different countries 73(138)
Civic engagement and volunteering in the Netherlands: a `Putnamian' analysis
75(33)
Joep De Hart
Paul Dekker
Contracting out the participation function: social capital and chequebook participation
108(12)
William A. Maloney
Voluntary associations and social capital in Finland
120(24)
Martti Siisiainen
The transformation of the voluntary sector in Norway: a decline in social capital?
144(23)
Per Selle
Facets of social capital in new democracies: the formation and consequences of social capital in Spain
167(25)
Mariano Torcal
Jose Ramon Montero
The myth of American exceptionalism: a three-nation comparison of associational membership and social capital
192(19)
Dietlind Stolle
Thomas R. Rochon
PART III The political effects of social capital 211(52)
Morality plays: social capital and moral behaviour in Anglo-American democracies
213(27)
Eric M. Uslaner
Social capital, active membership in voluntary associations and some aspects of political participation: an emprical case study
240(23)
Jaak B. Billiet
Bart Cambre
Index 263

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