Social capital in Europe similarity of countries and diversity of people? : multi-level analyses of the European social survey 2002 / [Texte imprimé] : edited by Heiner Meulemann - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 - 1 vol. (vi-328 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm - International comparative social studies, v. 16 1568-4474 ; . - doublonInternational comparative social studies (Brill, Leiden) .

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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 / Rüdiger 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

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