Generating Social Capital

MARC HOOGHE is an Assistant Professor at the Free University of Brussels/ University of Antwerp in Belgium. DIETLIND STOLLE is an Assistant Professor at McGill University in Canada.

Generating Social Capital; M.Hooghe & D.Stolle The Sources of Social Capital: Theoretical and Empirical Insights; D.Stolle PART I: SOCIETY-CENTRED APPROACHES TO SOCIAL CAPITAL The Creation of Democratic Attitudes: Do Associations Matter?; N.Mayer How Important is Face-to-Face Interaction?; D.Wollebaek & P.Selle Voluntary Associations and Civic Attitudes: Value Congruence as a Causal Mechanism; M.Hooghe Associations or Informal Networks? Social Capital and Local Development Practices; N.Molenaers Rain or Fog: An Empirical Examination of Social Capital's Rainmaker Effects; J.van der Meer PART II: INSTITUTION-CENTRED APPROACHES TO SOCIAL CAPITAL A Tale of Two Cities: Local Patterns of Social Capital; J.de Hart & P.Dekker Trust, Democracy and Governance: Can Government Policies Influence Generalized Trust?; E.M.Uslaner Social Capital, Impartiality and the Welfare State: An Institutional Approach; B.Rothstein & D.Stolle Contemporary Institutions versus Historical Trajectories: The Case of Italy; M.Huysseune