POL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: World Values Survey, Democratic Republic, Social Capital
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Civil society: groups and organization that are autonomous from state/government power: civic associationalism can take on numerous forms. Social capital: features of social organization such as networks, norms, and social trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit. Civic culture: individuals in a society must be able to trust one another, which allow then to form civic organizations, which eventually leads to democracy: built on interpersonal trust. Civil society: putnam did a study of regional governments in italy. Making democracy work: civic traditions in modern itlay. Key predictors of 20th century representative government at the regional level: in order for democracy to work, the establishment of social capital is necessary. Vita civile civic virtue: it is a pre-condition for socio- economic and industrial modernization, alexis tocqueville made a similar observation in regards to what made democracy work in america at its founding. Civil society in the us: putnam argues that social capital is declining in america.
