Democracies in flux : the evolution of social capital in contemporary society /

In Democracies in Flux, Putnam and nine world renowned scholars investigate the condition of social capital in eight advanced democratic nations.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Putnam, Robert D. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:	Social capital (Sociology) Civil society. Democracy. Democracy Capital social (Sociologie) Société civile. Démocratie. democracy. PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology. Civil society Bürgerliche Gesellschaft Demokratie Internationaler Vergleich Soziales Kapital Zivilgesellschaft Aufsatzsammlung Sociale netwerken. Participatie. Burgermaatschappij. Democratie. Sociale verandering. Capital culturel. Electronic books. Aufsatzsammlung.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction / Robert D. Putnam and Kristin A. Goss
Great Britain: the role of government and the distribution of social capital / Peter A. Hall
United States: bridging the privileged and the marginalized? / Robert Wuthnow
United States: from membership to advocacy / Theda Skocpol
France: old and new civic and social ties in France / Jean-Pierre Worms
Decline of social capital?: the German case / Claus Offe and Susanne Fuchs
From civil war to civil society: social capital in Spain from the 1930s to the 1990s / Victor Pérez-Díaz
Sweden: social capital in the social democratic state / Bo Rothstein
Australia: making the lucky country / Eva Cox
Broadening the basis of social capital in Japan / Takashi Inoguchi
Conclusion / Robert D. Putnam.