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Title Social capital in Europe : similarity of countries and diversity of people? : multi-level analyses of the European social survey 2002 / edited by Heiner Meulemann.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 328 pages) : illustrations.
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Series International comparative social studies, 1568-4474 ; v. 16
International comparative social studies ; v. 16.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction / Heiner Meulemann -- Part I. Causes of social capital. Does the state affect the informal connections between its citizens? New institutionalist explanations of social participation in everyday life / Tom Van der Meer, Peer Scheepers, and Manfred te Grotenhuis; Is altruism more effective where it is required more? Collectivity-orientation and involvement in interest, issue and religious associations / Heiner Meulemann; What makes people trust in their fellow citizens? / Katja Neller; What determines citizens' normative conception of their civic duties / Bas Denters and Henk van der Kolk; Why television does erode social capital and why newspaper reading does not / RĂ¼diger Schmitt-Beck -- Part II. Consequences of social capital. Social capital and political involvement / Jan W. van Deth; Social capital and political trust / Oscar W. Gabriel and Melanie Walter-Rogg; Explaining level and equality of political participation. The role of social capital, socioeconomic modernity, and political institutions / Edeltraud Roller and Tatjana Rudi; Social capital and empowerment at the work place / Heiner Meulemann -- Conclusion. Retrospect and prospect / Max Kaase.
Summary Social capital may foster the integration of a society and the stability of a democracy. This volume examines the differences in levels, causes and consequences of social capital between 22 European countries surveyed in the 2002 European Social Survey.
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Subject Social capital (Sociology) -- Europe.
Social capital (Sociology)
Europe.
Europe -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Meulemann, Heiner.
Other Form: Print version: Social capital in Europe. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 (DLC) 2008003227 (OCoLC)181142170
ISBN 9789047432180 (electronic book)
9047432185 (electronic book)
9789004163621 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
900416362X (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004163621.i-328