Social Capital in Europe
Subtitle: Similarity of Countries and Diversity of People? Multi-level Analyses of the European Social Survey 2002 (International Comparative Social Studies)
Publisher: Brill
Published: January 31, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9789004163621
Subjects: Political science & theory; Sociology, Social Studies; General; Social Science; Sociology
Description: "Social capital is not only useful for the person who owns it, but it may also foster the integration of a society and the stability of a democracy. Friendly relations, social trust and norms of reciprocity ease the living together in a society and encourage people to take part in democratic decision making. This volume examines the differences in levels, causes and consequences of social capital between 22 European countries surveyed in the 2002 European Social Survey. At first glance, social capital differs strongly between countries. Yet the determinants of social capital differ strongly between European people as well. If one takes account of the latter, the former may no longer appear so large. The volume asks whether this is indeed the case so that a similarity of countries goes along with a diversity of people. To examine this, multi-level analyses are used in each contribution."--BOOK JACKET.