UID:
almahu_9947414168802882
Format:
1 online resource (368 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511572777 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Studies in interdisciplinary history
Content:
Societies work best where citizens trust their fellow citizens, work cooperatively for common goals, and thus share a civic culture. The accumulation of reciprocal trust, as demonstrated by voluntary efforts for the creation of common goods, builds social capital and contributes to effective government. This volume advances the study of social capital across chronological and geographical space. It examines voluntary associations, comparatively and cross-culturally, as important indicators of citizen readiness for civic engagement. An important conclusion, along the way, is that social capital may not be continuous, or endure. Several of the authors wonder if the accumulation and diminution of social capital will prove cyclical. Or has there been a societal deterioration as we enter a more anonymous age? This book is ultimately about the pattern of social and civic interactions in past times, and how these patterns may no longer exist.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Social capital and political culture in Africa, America, Australasia, and Europe /
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Civic traditions in premodern Italy /
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The sources of civil society in Italy /
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Finding social capital : the French Revolution in Italy /
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Social capital in the early Industrial Revolution /
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The diversity of social capital in English communities, 1300-1640 (with a glance at modern Nigeria) /
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Social and cultural capital in colonial British America : a case study /
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The growth of voluntary associations in America, 1840-1940 /
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Civil society as democratic practice : North American cities during the nineteenth century /
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Securing political returns to social capital : women's associations in the United States, 1880s-1920s /
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Second-generation civic America : education, citizenship, and the children of immigrants /
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Human capital and social capital : the rise of secondary schooling in America, 1910-1940 /
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From local to national political cultures : social capital and civic organization in the Great Plains /
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Civility, social capital, and civil society : three powerful concepts for explaining Asia /
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521780865
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511572777
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