Social capital, diversity, and the welfare state
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Social capital, diversity, and the welfare state
(Equality, security, community)
UBC Press, c2007
- : pbk
Available at 23 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-333) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Social capital is arguably the most critical idea to emerge in thesocial sciences in the last two decades. Emphasizing the importance ofsocial networks, communication, and the symbolic and material exchangesthat strengthen communities, social capital has been the subject of anexpansive body of literature. Social Capital, Diversity, and theWelfare State represents a landmark consideration of the diversemeanings, causal foundations, and positive and negative consequences ofsocial capital, with a particular focus on its role in mitigating orenhancing social inequalities.
The chapters, written by economists, political scientists, andsociologists, address a range of empirical and theoretical issues. Thisbook is cutting-edge addition to the field that offers fresh insightsinto the conceptualization, operation, sources, and consequences ofsocial capital in Canadian society.
Table of Contents
Figures and Tables
1 Introduction / Fiona M. Kay and Richard Johnston
Part 1: Theoretical Overview
2 Ubiquity and Disciplinary Contrasts of Social Capital / Fiona M. Kay and Richard Johnston
3 The Dynamics of Social Capital: Who Wants to Stay In If Nobody IsOut? / Fiona M. Kay and Paul Bernard
4 Equality, Trust, and Multiculturalism / AvigailEisenberg
Part 2: Studies of Social Capital and Determinants of SocialCapital
5 Measuring and Modelling Trust / Stuart N.Soroka, John F. Helliwell, and Richard Johnston
6 Gender, Early Experiences with "Social Capital,"and
Adult Community Participation / James Curtis andThomas Perks
7 Ethnicity and Social Capital in Canada / AmandaAizlewood and Ravi Pendakur
8 Social Capital and Political Struggles of Immigrants: Sri LankanTamils and Black Caribbean Peoples in Toronto / SaraAbraham
Part 3: Consequences of Social Capital: Policy andGovernment Programs
9 Social Capital and Intergenerational Coresidence: How EthnicCommunities and Families Shape Transitions to Adulthood / Barbara A. Mitchell
10 Social capital and Health in Canada: (Compositional) Effects ofTrust, Participation in Networks, and Civic Activity on Self-RatedHealth / Gerry Veenstra
11 Ethnicity, Trust, and the Welfare State / StuartN. Soroka, Richard Johnston, and Keith Banting
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