Publication

2008-01-31 - Brill

Language

English

Word Count

78,750 words, Guess

Page Count

315 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10900416362X
  • ISBN-139789004163621
  • Goodreads6246911
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008003227
  • OCLC Control Number181142170
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9789004163621
  • Open LibraryOL12799399M

Classifications

  • LCCHN373.5.S585 2008
  • LCCHN373.5 .S585 2008

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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Social Capital in EuropeHardcoverBrill2008-01-31

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