POL346Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Capital, Creative Class, Good Governance
Document Summary
Urban politics in the news: geographic sorting of americans by income, education, and ses is growing, segregation has increased in 27 of 30 metropolitan areas. Urban community and neighbourhood politics: where we live and who we know, shape our lives and relationship to urban politics. Where we live affects: taxes we pay, services we have access to, education. Income of an area of toronto: transportation. If you live in a neighbourhood that is well connected: environmental amenities. The type of environment you live in. Parks: mental health, social and community ties. Involvement: feeling of belonging and inclusion, stress and anxiety levels. Relationship of social capital to urban politics: promotes good governance, refers to governance that takes place in a way that reflects the democratic ideals, leads to more participation and more responsive system of governance. Social capital and democracy: associationalism, beyond kinship, civic engagement and civil society construct good citizens, participationalism, participatory democracy strengthens social capital/ depends on it.
