This article investigates the relationships between particular social trust, general social trust,
and political trust and tests a variety of political, social-psychological, and social capital …

Given increasing immigration-driven diversity in most advanced democracies, social
scientists and policy makers have posed questions about the possible negative effects of …

Scholars have analyzed public relations' role in democracy via proxy concepts like the
public sphere and civil society. However, some have critiqued the public sphere on grounds …

In this important intervention, change-agent Marianne E. Krasny challenges the knowledge-
attitudes-behavior pathway that underpins much of environmental education practice; ie, the …

Although there is general agreement on the definition of social capital as the benefits to be
derived from social connections, the type of advantages (more effective transacting across …

Although critiqued for circular reasoning and lack of definitional and analytic clarity, social
capital has garnered widespread interest in two areas relevant to environmental education …

Social capital is a widely acknowledged candidate for implementing beneficial democratic
processes and promoting public health. Healthy ties. Social capital, population health and …

This article extends Heath's (2006) concept of fully functioning society theory (FFS) and
argues that public relations can be used as a force to enhance collective social capital in …

Critics opine that social capital, despite its importance, provides little empirical insight
because it is difficult to measure. This paper develops a broad measure of social capital …

Katarzyna Lasinska deals with the consequences of democratic transitions in Middle and
Eastern Europe. By selecting specific sets of countries according to the main explanations …