Social capital and governance
Subtitle: old and new members of the EU in comparison
By: Frane Adam (ed.) ; with a preface by Thomas Luckmann.
Contributors: Adam, Frane.
Series: Gesellschaftliche Transformationen = -- Societal transformations -- Bd. 11; Societal transformations -- v. 11.
Publisher: Lit; Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers; Lit Verlag
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Münster; Piscataway, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9783825896584
Subjects: Social capital (Sociology) -- European Union countries.; Social participation -- European Union countries.; Political participation -- European Union countries.; Civil society -- European Union countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The distribution of social capital and the quality of data from cross-national surveys / Frane Adam; title: Social and political participation / Matej Makaraovič, Angelca Ivančič and Darka Podmenik; title: Political cynicism and social cohesion in Europe and the United States / Peggy Schyns and Margreet Nuus; title: Quality of governance in the European Union / Matevž Tomšič and Urban Vehovar; title: Organised civil society in the multilevel system of European governance / Mateja Rek; title: Religion and social capital / Igor Bahovec, Vinko Potočnik and Sniša Zrinščak; title: Study circles in Sweden and Slovenia / Petros Gougoulakis and Nevenka Bogataj; title: Polish traditions of self-organisation, social capital and the challenge of Europeanisation / Anna Gạsior-Niemiec and Piotr Gliński; title: The path dependency of civil society and social capital / Gojko Bežovan.