Civil society and social capital
Essential readings
Stolle, D., Rochon, T. (1998). Are All Associations Alike? Member Diversity, Associational Type, and the Creation of Social Capital. American Behavioral Scientist 42 (1), 47-65.
Associational memberships have become the indicator of choice for examining the formation and...
Knack, S. (2003). Groups, Growth and Trust: Cross-Country Evidence on theOlson and Putnam Hypotheses. Public Choice 117, 341–355.
Olson (1982) and Putnam (1993) provide sharply conflicting perspectives on the impact of private...
Wollebaek, D., Selle, P. (2002). Does Participation in Voluntary Associations Contribute to Social Capital? The Impact of Intensity, Scope, and Type. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 31 (1) 32-61.
Voluntary associations are often ascribed a fundamental role in the formation of social capital....
Important readings
Stolle, D., Hooghe, M. (eds) (1998). Generating Social Capital: Civil Society and Institutions in Comparative Perspective. New York, Palgrave MacMillan.
Social capital--networks of civic engagements, norms of reciprocity, and attitudes of trust--is...
Knack, S., Keefer, P. (1997). Does Social Capital Have an Economic Payoff? A Cross-Country Investigation. Quarterly Journal of Economics 112 (4): 1251-1288
This paper presents evidence that “social capital” matters for measurable economic...
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Welzel, C., Inglehart, R., Deutsch, F. (2005). Social capital, voluntary associations and collective action: Which aspects of social capital have the greatest ‘civic’ payoff? Journal of Civil Society 1 (2), 121-146.
Despite a great variety of theoretical approaches, empirical analyses of social capital are...
Wollebaeck, D. (2009). Age, Size and Change in Local Voluntary Associations. Acta Sociologica 52 (4), 365-384.
To what extent can conventional organizational theories help us understand changes in local...
Wollebaeck, D., Selle, P. (2004). The Role of Women in the Transformation of the Organizational Society in Norway. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 33 (3), 120S-144S.
Norway has a reputation of extensive equality between the sexes, and substantial progress has been...
Wollebaeck, D., Strømsnes, K. (2007). Voluntary Associations, Trust, and Civic Engagement: A Multilevel Approach. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 37, 249-263.
This article argues that the scope of the voluntary sector is more important than the activity...
Yamamura, E. (2011). Groups and information disclosure: Evidence on the Olson and Putnam Hypotheses in Japan. International Journal of Social Economics, forthcoming
There is controversy between Putnam and Olson concerning the role of group. Putnam argued that...
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