Current democratic theory and recent international policy initiatives reveal an intense
interest in the relationship between social capital and democracy. This interest is the most …

Some social theorists claim that trust is necessary for the smooth functioning of a democratic
society. Yet many recent surveys suggest that trust is on the wane in the United States. Does …

This is a comprehensive study of the 2015 general election in Britain designed not only for
students and scholars of British politics, but also for the interested reader. It looks at the …

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 …

In August 1996, the Uslaner family took its annual sojourn to the Delaware beaches. On the
way, I stopped to buy some fruit at a local stand. There was a lot of fruit and quite a few …

There are increasing concerns about changes in society and the economy which are
undermining the effectiveness of democracy and weakening traditional conceptions of …

In an effort at theoretical clarification, the authors reviewed 45 recent articles reporting
empirical research employing the concept of 'social capital'. The literature is roughly equally …

We investigated the effects of teacher human and social capital on growth in student
performance in a sample of 1,013 teachers organized into 239 grade teams. We found that …

Trust is the chicken soup of social life. It reputedly brings us all sorts of good things-from a
willingness to get involved in our communities to higher rates of economic growth, to …

Studying social capital is widely spread and the concept entered almost each and every field
of the social sciences in the last decade. An overview of the available research strategies …