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Generating
Social Capital
This section deals with social capital's production and accumulation
processes. There is some disagreement in the debate on the
sources of social capital. Part of the literature emphasizes
the role of civil society, with a particular focus on voluntary
organizations. These studies are grouped in the section
on Civil society, social
capital and well-being, which brings together different
points of view, particularly on the role of political institutions.
An alternative view emphasizes the importance of social and
economic inequalities in fostering the diffusion of mistrust.
Some of the contributions belonging to this field focus on
the role of the welfare state, for its ability
to reduce inequalities promoting wealth redistribution and
fostering the opportunities of social mobility.
These studies are grouped, together with those ones emphasizing
the importance of political institutions, in the section devoted
to The role of the state in Social
capital's production. The separation between studies concerning
civil society and those ones on public institutions is due
mainly to classification needs, rather than on the conviction
that these two sources of social capital are alternative.
The recent debate on the importance of society's homogeneity
has been stimulated by the more and more consistent migratory
flows. Some relevant contributions on these topics
are collected in The challenges
of ethnicity section.
• Civil society, social
capital and well-being
• The role of the state in
social capital's production
• The challenges of ethnicity
The section is under construction: suggestions
and comments are always most welcome.
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