Diverse communities : the problem with social capital /

A critique of Robert Putnam's social capital thesis from the perspective of women and cultural minorities in America. Arneil questions whether Putnam's thesis of decline applies equally to all Americans, concluding that lessons learned from America's civic past must be used to build j...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arneil, Barbara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Putnam, Robert D. > Bowling alone.
Since 1945
Social capital (Sociology)
Social capital (Sociology) > United States.
Social participation > United States.
Communities > United States.
Cultural pluralism > United States.
Social change > United States.
Capital social (Sociologie)
Capital social (Sociologie) > États-Unis.
Participation sociale > États-Unis.
Communauté > États-Unis.
Diversité culturelle > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Communities.
Cultural pluralism.
Social change.
Social conditions
Social participation.
United States > Social conditions > 1945-
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1945-
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Social capital, justice and diversity : an introduction
  • The Progressive Era : past paradise?
  • The present malaise in civic participation : empirical and normative dimensions
  • The causes of "decline" in social capital theory
  • Civic trust and shared norms
  • Beyond Bowling alone : social capital in twenty-first-century America
  • Justice in diverse communities : lessons for the future.

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