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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Siisiäinen, Martti |
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Conference:
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ISTR Fourth International Conference, The Third Sector: For What and for Whom? |
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Location:
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Trinity College, Dublin |
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Conf. Date:
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July 5-8 |
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Date:
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2000 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7661
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Sector:
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Social Organization
Theory |
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Subject(s):
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social capital--theory
trust--theory
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Abstract:
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"The paper sets out to compare Robert D. Putnam's concept of social capital with that of Pierre Bourdieu's. Putnam's concept of social capital has three components: moral obligations and norms, social values (especially trust) and social networks (especially voluntary associations). Putnam's central thesis is that if a region has a well-functioning economic system and a high level of political integration, these are the result of the region’s successful accumulation of social capital. In the United States many social problems are caused by the decline of social capital; a tendency that has been going on for the last three decades."
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