In this new edition of his popular textbook, Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management,
Policy, Helmut K. Anheier has fully updated, revised and expanded his comprehensive …

Trust can either be conceived of as a social glue in its own right, or as a constitutive element
of a larger societal syndrome, termed social cohesion. This contribution takes the latter …

Political trust has for a long time been understood as closely intertwined with civic culture1
and people's social interactions. In Almond and Verba's The Civic Culture (1963) political …

Where do associations come from? The authors argue that the expansion and openness of
state institutions encourage the formation of associations. Moreover, the institutional …

This book argues that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have an important effect on
political participation in the developing world. Contrary to popular belief, they promote …

This book improves understandings of how and why clientelism endures in Latin America
and why state policy is often ineffective. Political scientists and sociologists, the contributors …

Das Vertrauen in die Institutionen des demokratischen Staates sinkt. Die
Nachrichtenmedien werden von dieser Entwicklung nicht verschont. In einer …

Existing datasets provided by statistical agencies (eg Eurostat) show that the economic and
financial crisis that unfolded in 2008 significantly impacted the lives and livelihoods of young …

Generalized trust is an optimistic view of human nature that influences people's attitudes and
behaviour. Most studies focus on the positive effects of generalized trust. However, there is …

This article explores the role of social capital in community development by focusing on two
South Asian case studies drawn from India and Bangladesh. Both studies recognized social …