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Generating Social Capital

Civil Society and Institutions in Comparative Perspective

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  1. Marc Hooghe
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  2. Dietlind Stolle
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Generating Social Capital

    • Marc Hooghe, Dietlind Stolle
    Pages 1-18

  3. The Sources of Social Capital

    • Dietlind Stolle
    Pages 19-42

  4. Democracy in France: Do Associations Matter?

    • Nonna Mayer
    Pages 43-65

  5. The Importance of Passive Membership for Social Capital Formation

    • Dag Wollebæk, Per Selle
    Pages 67-88

  6. Voluntary Associations and Democratic Attitudes: Value Congruence as a Causal Mechanism

    • Marc Hooghe
    Pages 89-111

  7. Associations or Informal Networks? Social Capital and Local Development Practices

    • Nadia Molenaers
    Pages 113-131

  8. Rain or Fog? An Empirical Examination of Social Capital’s Rainmaker Effects

    • Job van der Meer
    Pages 133-151

  9. A Tale of Two Cities: Local Patterns of Social Capital

    • Joep de Hart, Paul Dekker
    Pages 153-169

  10. Trust, Democracy and Governance: Can Government Policies Influence Generalized Trust?

    • Eric M. Uslaner
    Pages 171-190

  11. Social Capital, Impartiality and the Welfare State: An Institutional Approach

    • Bo Rothstein, Dietlind Stolle
    Pages 191-209

  12. Institutions and Their Impact on Social Capital and Civic Culture: The Case of Italy

    • Michel Huysseune
    Pages 211-230

  13. Conclusion: The Sources of Social Capital Reconsidered

    • Dietlind Stolle, Marc Hooghe
    Pages 231-248

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 249-256
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Social capital - networks of civic engagements, norms of reciprocity, and attitudes of trust - is widely seen as playing a key role for the health of democracy. While many authors have examined the consequences of social capital, there is a pressing need to explore its sources. This collection brings together leading American and European scholars in the first comparative analysis of how social trust and other civic attitudes are generated. The contributors to this volume examine the generation of social capital from two directions: society-based approaches that emphasize voluntary associations, and institutional approaches that emphasize policy.

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'The diverse essays in this edited volume focus sharply on the important question: where does social capital come from? Using different analytical approaches to data culled from a variety of countries across three continents, the book advances our understanding of the nature and origins of social capital.' - Ken Newton, University of Southampton

About the authors

MARC HOOGHE is an Assistant Professor at the Free University of Brussels/ University of Antwerp in Belgium.

DIETLIND STOLLE is an Assistant Professor at McGill University in Canada.

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