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Social Capital and European
Democracy

Social capital can be defined as the extent to which citizens are willing to co-operate with each other on the basis of interpersonal trust. This is now seen to greatly facilitate economic and social relationships and thus to play a major role in the efficiency of political institutions and in economic performance. This study examines patterns of social capital in a wide range of European countries and compares the European experience with that of the United States

The authors of this work not only examine the dominant view that voluntary activity promotes social capital and hence good government, but also explore alternative models for the creation of social capital. Theoretical discussion is combined with detailed case studies to provide a new explanation of:

• the origins and nature of social capital
• its effects on political participation and policy making
• the role of the voluntary sector

Contributors go on to examine the possibility that current changes in the voluntary sector may in fact undermine social capital and consider the consequences.

Social Capital and European Democracy is an important step forward in this rapidly growing field of research and adds a unique European perspective to a debate which has been largely US-focused.

Jan W.van Deth is a Professor of Political Science and International Comparative Social Research at the University of Mannheim, Germany, and Director of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research. Marco Maraffi is an Associate Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Milan, Italy. Kenneth Newton is Professor of Government at the University of Essex, UK, and Paul F.Whiteley is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Routledge/ECPR Studies in European
Political Science

Edited by Hans Keman, Vrije University, The Netherlands, and Jan W.
van Deth, University of Mannheim, Germany on behalf of the European
Consortium for Political Research

The Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science Series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Researchthe leading organisation concerned with the growth and development of political science in Europe. The series presents high-quality edited volumes on topics at the leading edge of current interest in political science and related fields, with contributions from European scholars and others who have presented work at ECPR workshops or research groups.

1 Regionalist Parties in Western Europe
Edited by Lieven de Winter and Huri Trsan

2 Comparing Party System Change
Edited by Jan-Erik Lane and Paul Pennings

3 Political Theory and European Union
Edited by Albert Weale and Michael Nentwich

4 Politics of Sexuality
Edited by Terrelle Carver and Veronique Mottier

5 Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations
Edited by Bob Reinalda and Bertjan Verbeek

6 Social Capital and European Democracy
Edited by Jan W.van Deth, Marco Maraffi, Kenneth Newton and Paul F.Whiteley

7 Party Elites in Divided Societies
Edited by Kurt Richard Luther and Kris Deschouwer

8 Citizenship and Welfare State Reform in Europe
Edited by Jet Bussemaker

9 Democratic Governance and New Technology
Edited by Ivan Horrocks, Jens Hoff and Pieter Tops

10 Democracy Without Borders
Transnationalisation and Conditionality in New Democracies
Edited by Jean Grugel

Also available from Routledge in association with the ECPR

Sex Equality Policy in Western Europe, edited by Frances Gardiner; Democracy andGreen Political Thought, edited by Brian Doherty and Marius de Geus; The New Politicsof Unemployment, edited by Hugh Compston; Citizenship, Democracy and Justicein the New Europe, edited by Percy B. Lehning and Albert Weale; Private Groups andPublic Life, edited by Jan W.van Deth; The Political Context of Collective Action, edited by Ricca Edmondson; Theories of Secession, edited by Percy Lehning; Regionalism Acrossthe North/South Divide, edited by Jean Grugel and Wil Hout.

Social Capital and European
Democracy

Edited by Jan W.van Deth,
Marco Maraffi, Kenneth Newton
and Paul F.Whiteley

First published 1999
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
270 Madison Ave, New York NY 10016

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008.

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Editorial material and selection 1999 Jan W.van Deth,
Marco Maraffi, Kenneth Newton and Paul F.Whiteley

Individual chapters 1999 the contributors

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Social capital and European democracy/edited by
Jan W.van Deth[et al.]
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Voluntarism-Europe, Western. 2. Social participation-Europe, Western.
3. Democracy-Europe, Western.
4. Voluntarism-United States. 5. Social participation-United
States. 6. Democracy-United States. I. Deth, Jan W.van.
HN380.Z9V647 1999 9847885
302.14094dc21 CIP

ISBN 0-203-09140-X Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-415-18630-7 (Print Edition)

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Jacques B.Billiet is Professor in Social Sciences at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He is chair of the committee for Sociology, Political Sciences and Communication Science of the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders, Belgium (FWO), head of the Centre for Datacollection and Analysis at the Department of Sociology (KU Leuven), and project leader of the Inter-university Centre of Political Opinion Research (ISPO) that organizes the general election surveys in Flanders, Belgium. His main research interests in methodology concern validity assessment, interviewer and response effects, and the modelling of measurement error in social surveys. He is also involved in longitudinal and comparative research in the domains of ethnocentrism, and political attitudes and behaviour.

Bart Cambr is a part-time research assistant in the Department of Sociology at the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium where he has been involved in the project The political knowledge and the attitude of the Flemings toward the advertising campaign of the Flemish authorities, which is sponsored by the Flemish Government.

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