Social Capital And Social Citizenship

Author : Sophie Body-Gendrot,Marilyn Gittell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111870882

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Social Capital and Social Citizenship by Sophie Body-Gendrot,Marilyn Gittell Pdf

The fall of the Soviet Union, the collapse of the welfare state, changes in immigration patterns, and the rise of economic globalism have led to debate on what it means to be a citizen, and renewed interest in political participation, civil society, voluntary associations, and social capital. Social Capital and Social Citizenship brings together essays from Europe, North America, and South Africa that discuss the following issues: What is social capital? How can social capital be used to protect the rights of marginalized populations, such as women, racial minorities, immigrants, and the urban poor? Can voluntary associations step in where the state has failed, to replace the state or to urge the state to fulfill its obligations? How can the state work with voluntary associations to expand participation? Can social capital lead to social change? The contributors to Social Capital and Social Citizenship attempt to shed light on these questions, focusing particularly on issues of gender, race, and political power.

Author : I. Jones,M. Pollitt,D. Bek
Publisher : Springer
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230211056

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Multinationals in their Communities by I. Jones,M. Pollitt,D. Bek Pdf

Multinationals can impact significantly on the quality of social relations within their communities, partly through corporate citizenship projects. This book analyzes the nature and effectiveness of these projects, using theoretical and empirical insights of recent literature. It demonstrates how MNCs can build communities in developing countries.

Author : Peter Lawler,Dale McConkey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313028519

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Social Structures, Social Capital, and Personal Freedom by Peter Lawler,Dale McConkey Pdf

The eleven essays in this collection examine the relationship between institutional structures and community integration, offering practical insights to increase social capital and strengthen social institutions. A variety of social institutions are analyzed. Three chapters cover political legal issues, two cover religion, three address education, and two examine the macrostructures of the military and the economy. An important collection for scholars and other researchers interested in the communitarian movement, sociology, and political science, particularly for those in public administration.

Author : William A. Maloney,Sigrid Rossteutscher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134128907

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Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies by William A. Maloney,Sigrid Rossteutscher Pdf

This unique book offers an empirical assessment of how social and political involvement relates to theories of citizenship and democracy, providing a detailed comparative assessment of the potential that voluntary organizations offer citizens for social and political participation in several European countries. The coherent chapters, written by leading European researchers, examine the participatory opportunities offered by a wide and diverse variety of voluntary associations and provides a comparative perspective on the role, structure and functions of associations in six medium-sized European cities – Aalborg (Denmark), Aberdeen (UK), Bern (Switzerland), Enschede (the Netherlands), Mannheim (Germany) and Sabadell (Spain). This book has a companion volume entitled Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies edited by Jan van Deth, José Ramón Montero and Anders Westholm (Routledge, 2006). Both volumes will be of great interest to students and researchers of European politics, comparative politics and sociology.

Author : Susan Saegert,J. Phillip Thompson,Mark R. Warren
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610444828

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Social Capital and Poor Communities by Susan Saegert,J. Phillip Thompson,Mark R. Warren Pdf

Neighborhood support groups have always played a key role in helping the poor survive, but combating poverty requires more than simply meeting the needs of day-to-day subsistence. Social Capital and Poor Communities shows the significant achievements that can be made through collective strategies, which empower the poor to become active partners in revitalizing their neighborhoods. Trust and cooperation among residents and local organizations such as churches, small businesses, and unions form the basis of social capital, which provides access to resources that would otherwise be out of reach to poor families. Social Capital and Poor Communities examines civic initiatives that have built affordable housing, fostered small businesses, promoted neighborhood safety, and increased political participation. At the core of each initiative lie local institutions—church congregations, parent-teacher groups, tenant associations, and community improvement alliances. The contributors explore how such groups build networks of leaders and followers and how the social power they cultivate can be successfully transferred from smaller goals to broader political advocacy. For example, community-based groups often become platforms for leaders hoping to run for local office. Church-based groups and interfaith organizations can lobby for affordable housing, job training programs, and school improvement. Social Capital and Poor Communities convincingly demonstrates why building social capital is so important in enabling the poor to seek greater access to financial resources and public services. As the contributors make clear, this task is neither automatic nor easy. The book's frank discussions of both successes and failures illustrate the pitfalls—conflicts of interest, resistance from power elites, and racial exclusion—that can threaten even the most promising initiatives. The impressive evidence in this volume offers valuable insights into how goal formation, leadership, and cooperation can be effectively cultivated, resulting in a remarkable force for change and a rich public life even for those communities mired in seemingly hopeless poverty. A Volume in the Ford Foundation Series on Asset Building

Author : Gene A. Brucker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521785758

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Patterns of Social Capital by Gene A. Brucker Pdf

Examines voluntary associations, comparatively and cross-culturally, as indicators of citizen readiness for civic engagement.

Author : Julia Preece
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351726368

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Nurturing Social Capital in Excluded Communities by Julia Preece Pdf

This title was first published in 2000. Emanating from a two year action research project aimed at devising higher education courses for excluded social groups, this book examines ways in which UK higher education can be accessed and valued by adults who have previously been excluded. It also explores the topical argument that education contributes to building social as well as human capital - a necessary feature of citizenship and sustainable communities.

Author : Ian Jones,Michael G. Pollitt,David Bek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : International business enterprises
ISBN : OCLC:123759383

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Multinationals in Their Communities by Ian Jones,Michael G. Pollitt,David Bek Pdf

Author : Engin F Isin,Patricia K Wood
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446230503

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Citizenship and Identity by Engin F Isin,Patricia K Wood Pdf

Through a detailed introductory discussion of the relation between the civil and the political, and between recognition and representation, this book provides a comprehensive vocabulary for understanding citizenship. It uses the work of T H Marshall to frame the critical interrogation of how ethnic, technological, ecological, cosmopolitan, sexual and cultural rights relate to citizenship. The authors show how the civil, political and social meanings of citizenship have been redefined by postmodernization and globalization.

Author : L. Morales,M. Giugni
Publisher : Springer
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230302464

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Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe by L. Morales,M. Giugni Pdf

How can European societies more effectively promote the active engagement of immigrants and their children in the political and civic life of the countries where they live? This book examines the effect of migrants' individual attributes and resources, their social capital and the political opportunities on their political integration.

Author : Andrew Calabrese,Jean-Claude Burgelman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Computers
ISBN : 084769108X

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Communication, Citizenship, and Social Policy by Andrew Calabrese,Jean-Claude Burgelman Pdf

What roles can and should governments play in communication policymaking? How are communication policies related to welfare politics? With the rapid globalization of commerce and culture and the increasing recognition of information as an economic resource, the grounds for defending the welfare state have shifted. Communication policy is now more widely understood as social policy. Communication, Citizenship, and Social Policy examines issues of communication technology, neoliberal economic policies, public service media, media access, social movements and political communication, the geography of communication, and global media development and policy, among others, and shows how progressive policymakers must use these bases to confront more directly the debates on contemporary welfare theory and politics.

Author : Inbal Ofer,Tamar Groves
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317495970

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Performing Citizenship by Inbal Ofer,Tamar Groves Pdf

In this book, Tamar Groves and Inbal Ofer explore the effects of social movements' activism on the changing practices and conceptions of citizenship. Presenting empirically rich case studies from Latin America, Asia and Europe, leading experts analyze the ways in which the shifting balance of power between nation-state, economy and civil society over the past half century affected social movements in their choice of addressees and repertoires of action. Divided into two parts, the first part focuses on citizenship as a form of political and cultural participation. The three case studies that make up this section look into the ways in which social movements' activism prompted a critical re-evaluation of two central questions: Who can be considered a citizen? And what forms of political and cultural participation effectively enable citizens to exercise their rights? The second section focuses on citizenship as a form of community building. The three case studies that are included in this section address the ways in which activism fosters new forms of advocacy and communication, leading to the emergence of new communities and assigning qualities of fraternity to the status of citizenship. Throughout most of the 20th century social movements' literature focused on the challenges these entities posed to the state, since it was the state that had the capacity and willingness to grant social and economic concessions. This situation started to shift in the late 1960s. By the 1980s the existing configuration between the state, civil society and the economy was increasingly challenged by market penetration. Accordingly, we witness a proliferation of social movements that no longer target state institutions, or do so only partially. Their repertoires of action interact continuously with everyday practices, re-shaping demands within specific organizational, legislative and political contexts. As a result, such activism expands the understanding of the concept of citizenship so as to include demands relating to livelihood; division of resources; the production and dissemination of knowledge; and forms of civic participation and solidarity. Written for scholars who study social movements, citizenship and the relationship between the state and civil society over the past half century, this book provides a fresh insight on the nature of citizenship; increasingly framing the condition of being a citizen in terms of performance and on-going practices, rather than simply in relation to the attainment of a formal status.

Author : Robert D. Putnam
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780198034377

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Democracies in Flux by Robert D. Putnam Pdf

In his national bestseller Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam illuminated the decline of social capital in the US. Now, in Democracies in Flux, Putnam brings together a group of leading scholars who broaden his findings as they examine the state of social capital in eight advanced democracies around the world. The book is packed with many intriguing revelations. The contributors note, for instance, that waning participation in unions, churches, and political parties seems to be virtually universal, a troubling discovery as these forms of social capital are especially important for empowering less educated, less affluent portions of the population. Indeed, in general, the researchers found more social grouping among the affluent than among the working classes and they find evidence of a younger generation that is singularly uninterested in politics, distrustful both of politicians and of others, cynical about public affairs, and less inclined to participate in enduring social organizations. Yet social capital appears as strong as ever in Sweden, where 40% of the adult population participate in "study circles"--small groups who meet weekly for educational discussions. Social capital--good will, fellowship, sympathy, and social intercourse--is vitally important both for the health of our communities and for our own physical and psychological well being. Offering a panoramic look at social capital around the world, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of these phenomena and why they are important in today's world.

Author : Peter Kivisto,Thomas Faist
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781119187479

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Citizenship by Peter Kivisto,Thomas Faist Pdf

A significant addition to the growing body of literature on citizenship, this wide-ranging overview focuses on the importance, and changing nature, of citizenship. It introduces the varied discourses and theories that have arisen in recent years, and looks toward future scholarship in the field. Offers an analytical assessment of the various thematic discourses and provides guidance in pulling together those discrete themes into a larger, more comprehensive framework Identifies the four broadly conceived themes that shape the many discourses on contemporary citizenship – inclusion, erosion, withdrawal, and expansion Includes a thorough introduction to the subject

Author : Engin F. Isin
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442692404

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Recasting the Social in Citizenship by Engin F. Isin Pdf

Previous notions of what constitutes "citizenship" within a country have been steadily challenged by the movement towards a globalized world. Examining the everyday habits of citizens and non-citizens, the contributors to Recasting the Social in Citizenship show how citizenship has increasingly been determined by social behaviours rather than by civil or political affiliations. Broadening the debate by interpreting the social not only as rights and privileges, but also as everyday struggles, this volume offers studies that range from environmental and security issues to transnational migration and military transformations. It further discusses debates over multiculturalism and integration and takes a fresh look at how social activities such as eating, commuting, smoking, as well as sexual habits of citizens and non-citizens have become increasingly governed by the state. Tracing developments in politics and social actions that have bound together citizens and non-citizens, Engin F. Isin and the volume's contributors explore the social sites that have become objects of government, and considers how these subjects are sites of contestation, resistance, differentiation and identification. In doing so, they provide significant insights into the changing states of citizenship and social governance, making Recasting the Social in Citizenship an engaging collection that will be of interest to sociologists, political scientists, and anyone with a concern about immigration and citizenship.