Social Capital and Support for Democratic Institutions

• KAGE Rieko

  東京大学総合文化研究科

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• ソーシャル・キャピタルとシステム・サポート
• ソーシャル ・ キャピタル ト システム ・ サポート

Abstract

This article examines the impact of social capital on support for democratic institutions in Japan. Drawing on the Nationwide Time-Series Survey on Voting Behavior in the Beginning of the 21^st Century (JES III, SSJDA version), the study shows that support for democratic institutions is more strongly correlated with “bonding” social capital than with “bridging” social capital. This surprising result appears to stem from the fact that unlike in the US, in Japan an individual's exposure to heterogeneous views promotes neither greater tolerance nor higher levels of generalized trust. The article also investigates the relationship between support for democratic institutions and other attitudes and behaviors. Individuals who express greater support for democratic institutions tend to place themselves further to the left of the ideological spectrum, but they are not more likely to vote.

Journal

• The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association

  The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association 65 (1), 1_123-1_147, 2014

  JAPANESE POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

Keywords

• General Medicine

Details

• CRID: 1390001205380830336
• NII Article ID: 130006905585
• NII Article ID: 40020142097
• NII Book ID: AN10341457
• DOI: 10.7218/nenpouseijigaku.65.1_123
• ISSN: 18843913
• ISSN: 18843921
• ISSN: 05494192
• NDL BIB ID: 025619588
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/025619588
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I025619588
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/nenpouseijigaku/65/1/65_1_123/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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