Add to ORKGRecent discussion about the role of civil society in democratic governance around the world and the decline of social capital in the US has raised pressing theoretical and empirical questions about the character of contemporary societies and the social and institutional correlates of sound and dynamic democracies. This debate has reached a North American and European audience that extends well beyond academia.The predominant refrain in the debate, following Alexis de Tocqueville's 160-year-old analysis of democracy in America, attaches tremendous importance to the role of voluntary associations in contemporary democracies. Participation in such groups is said to produce social capital, often linked to high levels of social trust. Social cap...
This chapter evaluates the claim that the decline of legitimacy is due to a decline of social capita...
This chapter evaluates the claim that the decline of legitimacy is due to a decline of social capita...
There is growing interest in the social sciences in the concept of social capital and the role it pl...
Social capital is a concept that has gained widespread use and recognition in many academic discipli...
The authors of this work examine the dominant view that voluntary activity promotes social capital a...
Many writers have long emphasized the importance of civic society and volun-tary associations as vit...
The concept of social capital has a long intellectual history in the fie ld of social sciences. In ...
Democracy is often perceived to be in a state of crisis, with theorists ready to measure the perceiv...
surrounding social capital, social movements and the role of civil society in emerging forms of gove...
ii In his widely acclaimed study Making Democracy Work Robert Putnam has revived the classical argum...
In sociology, civil society is often understood in terms of what it is not: it is not the wor...
This paper questions the links between social capital and political engage-ment, arguing that previo...
The concept of social capital generally refers to the assets that reside within social actors\u27 re...
Robert Putnam has presented an emblematic version of the relationships between associational democra...
Social capital is a concept that has become popular in describing and understanding the content of c...
This chapter evaluates the claim that the decline of legitimacy is due to a decline of social capita...
This chapter evaluates the claim that the decline of legitimacy is due to a decline of social capita...
There is growing interest in the social sciences in the concept of social capital and the role it pl...
Social capital is a concept that has gained widespread use and recognition in many academic discipli...
The authors of this work examine the dominant view that voluntary activity promotes social capital a...
Many writers have long emphasized the importance of civic society and volun-tary associations as vit...
The concept of social capital has a long intellectual history in the fie ld of social sciences. In ...
Democracy is often perceived to be in a state of crisis, with theorists ready to measure the perceiv...
surrounding social capital, social movements and the role of civil society in emerging forms of gove...
ii In his widely acclaimed study Making Democracy Work Robert Putnam has revived the classical argum...
In sociology, civil society is often understood in terms of what it is not: it is not the wor...
This paper questions the links between social capital and political engage-ment, arguing that previo...
The concept of social capital generally refers to the assets that reside within social actors\u27 re...
Robert Putnam has presented an emblematic version of the relationships between associational democra...
Social capital is a concept that has become popular in describing and understanding the content of c...
This chapter evaluates the claim that the decline of legitimacy is due to a decline of social capita...
This chapter evaluates the claim that the decline of legitimacy is due to a decline of social capita...
There is growing interest in the social sciences in the concept of social capital and the role it pl...