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The authors of this work examine the dominant view that voluntary activity promotes social capital and hence good government, but also explore alternative models for the creation of social capital. Theoretical discussion is combined with detailed case studies to provide a new explanation of :
* the origins and nature of social capital
* its effects on political participation and policy-making
* the role of the voluntary sector
Contributors go on to examine the possibility that current changes in the voluntary sector may in fact undermine social capital and consider the consequences.
This book is an important step forward in this rapidly growing field of research and adds a unique European perspective to a debate which has been largely US-focussed.

The authors of this work examine the dominant view that voluntary activity promotes social capital and hence good government, but also explore alternative models for the creation of social capital.

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CONTENTS

List of figures = vii

List of tables = viii

List of contributors = xi

Preface = xv

PART Ⅰ Theoretical perspectives on social capital = 1

 1 Social capital and democracy in modern Europe / KENNETH NEWTON = 3

 2 The origins of social capital / PAUL F.WHITELEY = 25

 3 Collective action theory and the analysis ofsocial capital / JACINT JORDANA = 45

PART Ⅱ Voluntary activity, participation and social capital-case studies of different countries = 73

 4 Civic engagement and volunteering in the Netherlands : a 'Putnamian' analysis / JOEP DE HART ; PAUL DEKKER = 75

 5 Contracting out the participation function : social capital and chequebook participation / WILLIAM A. MALONEY = 108

 6 Voluntary associations and social capital in Finland / MARTTI SIISI$$\ddot A$$INEN = 120

 7 The transformation of the voluntary sector in Norway : a decline in social capital? / PER SELLE = 144

 8 Facets of social capital in new democracies : the formation and consequences of social capital in Spain / MARIANO TORCAL ; JOS$$\E'$$ RAM$$\O'$$N MONTERO = 167

 9 The myth of American exceptionalism : a three-nation comparison of associational membership and social capital / DIETLIND STOLLE ; THOMAS R. ROCHON = 192

PART Ⅲ The political effects of social capital = 211

 10 Morality plays : social capital and moral behaviour in Anglo-American democracies / ERIC M. USLANER = 213

 11 Social capital, active membership in voluntary associations and some aspects of political participation : an empirical case study / JAAK B. BILLIET ; BART CAMBR$$\E'$$ = 240

Index = 263