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Social capital
is able to improve the quality of life also reducing inequalities
and fostering the efficiency and accessibility of public mechanisms
of social protection. This sub-section deals in particular with
the relationship between social capital and the welfare state in
public services delivery and inequalities reduction. Further useful
readings are available in Social capital
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Essential Readings
Evans, P. (1997), Government
Action, Social Capital and Development: Reviewing the Evidence on
Synergy, in Evans, P. (ed), State-Society Synergy: Government
and Social Capital in Development, University of California Press.
Kumlin, S., Rothstein, B. (2004), Making
and Breaking Social Capital: The Impact of Welfare State Institutions,
Forthcoming in Comparative Political Studies.
Lindbeck, A. (2003), An
Essay on Welfare State Dynamics, IUI Working Paper Series No.
595, The Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
Lindbeck, A., Nyberg, S., Weibull,
J.W. (2002), Social
Norms and the Welfare State Dynamics, IUI Working Paper Series
No. 585, The Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
Lopez, O.C. (2003), Social
Capital and Government in the Production of Public Goods, Universidad
Autonoma de Barcelona, Departamento de Economía e Historia
Económica.
Olson, M. (1965), The
Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups,
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press.
Rothstein, B. (1998), Just Institutions Matter: The
Moral and Political Logic of The Universal Welfare State, Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press.
Rothstein, B. (2001), Social
Capital in the Social Democratic Welfare State, Politics and
Society, Vol. 29, No. 2, 206-240.
Rothstein, B., Stolle, D. (2003), "Social Capital, Impartiality
and the Welfare State: An Institutional Approach", in Hooghe,
M., Stolle, D. (eds) (2003), Generating Social Capital: Civil Society
and Institutions in Comparative Perspective, New York, Palgrave.
Sabatini, F. (2005), Social
Capital, Public Spending and the Quality of Economic Development,
University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Public Economics.
Paper accepted for presentation at the COE/JEPA
(Center of Excellence / Japan Economic Policy Association) Joint
International Conference, "Towards a New Economic Paradigm",
Kobe, Japan, 17-18 December 2005.
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Further Readings
Anderson, L.R., Mellor, J.M., Milyo, J. (2003), Social
Capital and Contributions in a Public Goods Experiment, Working
Paper Series: 03.17, The Harris School, University of Chicago.
Anderson, L.R., Mellor, J.M., Milyo, J. (2003), Inequality,
Group Cohesion, and Public Good Provision: An Experimental Analysis,
Working Paper Series: 03.08, The Harris School, University of Chicago.
Andersson, J.O., Kangas, O. (2003), Solidarity
without limits? Support for basic income in Finland and Sweden, Paper presented
at the Conference
Welfare and the Social Bonds, Tilburg University, March,
2003.
Arts, W., Halman, L., van Oorschot, W. (2003), The
Welfare State: Villain or Hero of the Piece?, Paper
presented at the Conference
Welfare and the Social Bonds, Tilburg University, March,
2003.
Bowles, S., Gintis, H. (2000), Social
Capital and Community Governance, University of Massachussets
Department of Economics working paper.
Cecchi, C. (2003), Public
Goods and Public Services. The process of Building Social Capital
in Rural Areas, paper presented to the XL Sidea Annual Conferente,
Padova, 18-20 September.
Engel, S., Iskandarani, M., Useche,
M. (2005), Improved
water supply in the Ghanaian Volta Basin: Who uses it and who participates
in community decision-making?, EPT Discussion Paper 129, Environment
and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research
Institute.
Gelissen, J., Scheepers, P., Grotenhuis, M. (2003), Welfare
States And Dimensions Of Social Capital: Cross-national Comparisons
Of Social Contacts In European Countries, Paper presented at
the Conference
Sustainable Ties in the Information Society, Tilburg
University, March, 2003.
Knijn, T. (2003), To
Complement or to Substitute: Re-visioning of the Welfare State, Paper presented
at the Conference
Welfare and the Social Bonds, Tilburg University, March,
2003.
Kumlin, S., Rothstein, B. (2003), Investing
in Social Capital: The Impact of Welfare State Institutions,
Paper prepared for the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association.
Pargal, S., Hug, M., Gilligan,
D. (2000), Private
Provision of a Public Good: Social Capital and Solid Waste Management
in Dhaka, Bangladesh, The World Bank, Policy Research Working
Paper Series: 2422.
Rothstein, B. (2002), Cooperation
for Social Protection. Explaining Variations for Welfare Programs,
American Behavioral Scientists, Vol. 45, No. 5, 901-918.
Rothstein, B. (2003), Social
Capital and the Organization of the Welfare State, Paper presented
at the Conference
Welfare and the Social Bonds, Tilburg University, March,
2003.
Rothstein, B. (2003), Social
Capital in a Working Democracy. The Causal Mechanism, in Oyvind
Osterud (ed), Power and Democracy: Critical Interventions, London,
Ashgate.
Rothstein, B., Uslaner, E.M. (2005), All
for All: Equality and Social Trust, London School of Economics
Health and Social Care Discussion Paper Number 15.
Sampson, R.J., Raudenbush, S.W, Earls, F. (1997), Neighborhoods
and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy,
Science, 277, 918-24.
Scheepers, P., Grotenhuis, M. (2003), Who
Cares for the Poor in Europe? Micro and Macro Determinants of Fighting
Poverty in 15 European Countries, Paper
presented at the Conference
Welfare and the Social Bonds, Tilburg University, March,
2003.
Stone, W. (2000), Social
Capital, Social Cohesion and Social Security, Paper presented
at the 2000 International Research Conference on Social Security,
Helsinki, 25-27 September 2000.
Stone, W. (2003), Ageing,
Social Capital and Social Support, Australian Institute of Family
Studies.
Van Oorschot, W., Arts, W., Halman,
L. (2005), Welfare
state effects on social capital and informal solidarity in the European
Union: evidence from the 1999/2000 European Values Study, Policy
& Politics, Volume 33, Number 1, January 2005, pp. 33-54(22).
Wallis, J., Dollery, B. (2001), Government
Failure, Social Capital and the Appropriateness of the New Zealand
Model for Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries, World
Development, 2001, vol. 29, issue 2, 245-263.
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