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Helga Dickow - Religion and Attitudes towards Life in South Africa

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Helga Dickow

Religion and Attitudes towards Life in South Africa

Series: Studien zu Ethnizität, Religion und Demokratie

Volume 13 2012

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Social capital and outlook on life S. 192-196

„… but by helping the poor to help themselves – agree 99 82 Social capital and outlook on life We …” „… opinion.400 In a society that is plagued by crime and corruption and many other social ills, it is …” „… be attuned to current thinking among the general public. The 2003 South African Social Attitudes …”

Map of society: The social and economic break-down of the sample S. 81-84

„… . Notwithstanding these reservations, they have a high regard for these churches' social capital. 81 …” „… economic and social advancement. Even if the churches benefit from this in the form of higher donations …” „… postapartheid society. They offer people almost holistic and spiritual support, a social environment and …”

Introduction S. 9-10

„… Social capital and outlook on life 192 Status consciousness 196 Political orientations 197 Outlook on …” „… conflict 135 Ethnic and cultural diversity 136 Social and economic perceptions 140 Factors of success and …” „… scarcities 140 Work, working environment and personal expectations 143 Social differences 147 Psychosocial …”

From single-church dominance to plurality: South Africa's church landscape S. 11-12

„… sought answers not only to spiritual, but also to social and political needs, questions and challenges …” „… were intertwined from the arrival of white colonists in South Africa. Religion co-determined the social …” „… ? How do the “new” churches influence their adherents' social attitudes? Has the close relationship …”

The sociocultural break-down within the population groups S. 84-87

„… – now officially Tshwane –, the country's political capital, and Johannesburg, the financial centre …” „… population majority in the Western Cape, in which the main city is Cape Town, the parliamentary capital and …” „… break-down of the sample by residential area is still indicative of social class and skin colour.48 The …”

Dutch Reformed Churches S. 12-14

„… the social profile of the different religious communities and the types of responses to questions …” „… : Faith, Social Consciousness and Progress. A Case Study of Members of the Pentecostal, African Zionist …” „… report and Schlemmer, Lawrence 2008: Dormant Capital. Pentecostalism in South Africa and its potential …”

Bibliography S. 207-214

„… Radar. Pentecostalism in South Africa and its potential social and economic role, Johannesburg: CDE …” „… , Rodney 1997: Christianity in South Africa. A Political, Social and Cultural History, Oxford: James Curry …” „… Millennium. A review of social indicators in the 2002 democracy study, Byblos: International Centre for Human …”

Consequences of the experiences of the apartheid era S. 58-60

„… the impact of the apartheid years is there for all to see, a social time bomb will determine the …” „… position to adequately fulfil its duty of care towards all citizens. Thus, alleviating social need …” „… active.44 Church leaders are aware of their social responsibility. Some of them are collaborating with …”

Getting youth off the street S. 57-58

„… social time bomb will determine the future of the country, unless concrete steps are taken to deal with …” „… . Thus, alleviating social need, healthcare and education are three of the many fields in which the …” „… charismatic/Pentecostal churches are also active.44 Church leaders are aware of their social responsibility. Some of them …”

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Anaël Labigne - The Attitudinal Dimension of Civility

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Anaël Labigne

The Attitudinal Dimension of Civility

Series: International Civil Society

Volume 14 2014

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Social capital as group membership S. 102-105

„… belong to the civil center. 3.4.2 Social capital as group membership On the other hand, a perspective …” „… . This claim obviously relates to the Bourdieusian understanding of social capital, embedded in his …” „… general theory of stratification. By definition, social capital as group membership refers to “the …”

Social capital as a normative resource S. 99-102

„… capital. Essentially, we have on the one hand the idea of social capital as a normative resource. On the …” „… other hand, we have the Bourdieusian idea of social capital as group membership. I then isolate the most …” „… critical dimension of both concepts. 3.4.1 Social capital as a normative resource There are many …”

So what has the social scientist learned? S. 191-198

„… between engagement in voluntary associations and civil attitudes by contrasting a social capital concept …” „… within a social cohesion framework with a social capital concept within the status competition framework …” „… capital throughout associational fields and country contexts suggests that social stratification does not …”

Bibliography S. 209-224

„… . & Grenier, P. (2004). Social Capital and Life Satisfaction. In W. Arts & L. Halmal (Eds.), European values …” „… ). Les trois états du capital culturel. Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales, 30(1), 3–6. Bourdieu …” „… Tocqueville: Civil Society and the Social Capital Debate in Comparative Perspective. Hanvover, NH: University …”

Voluntary engagement and civility’s attitudinal dimension S. 50-62

„… social capital will dominate.23 Civic engagement understood as a connection and an awareness of citizens …” „… bridging and bonding social capital. However, it is an old discussion: to address the same debate one could …” „… ). Gemeinschaft, mechanic solidarity and bonding social capital are part of the same conceptual family and they …”

Recommendations for further research S. 204-208

„… the emphasis on the importance of cultural capital, whereby only one of the concept’s dimensions could …” „… capital had to be neglected. For example, with regard to the finding that active membership in …” „… scholar would argue that other forms of cultural capital are more hidden and intangible and that this is …”

The residual category of a third sector S. 63-68

„… explaining side we then have an objective positioning based upon different forms of capital, such as social …” „… developed empirical theories that represent the strongest advances in the social sciences” (Rueschemeyer …” „… critique, social 29 This is not the place to …”

Suggesting implications S. 198-201

„… past two decades, the notions of “civil society” and “social capital” have been among the most …” „… , conceptualizing club membership as a varying resource embedded in the larger social structure not only makes sense …” „… to a mirror of social structures. With regard to our theoretical understanding, it is important to …”

Importance of the topic S. 19-31

„… Neo-Tocquevillian perspective is as follows: civic engagement creates social capital, which is good for society, the …” „… and one’s placement in the civil center can be better explained by social capital understood as a …” „… this discussion with reference to different understandings of “social capital” (chapter three …”

Limitations of the current research S. 201-204

„… strong effect of control variables may be too causal an assessment of more complex social relationships …” „… concept. If we want to study such a social phenomenon, my study suggests that a strict separation between …” „… limitation of the study at hand is the emphasis on the importance of cultural capital, whereby only one of …”

The hypotheses S. 105-108

„… civil center. Here controlling the basic claim of the social cohesion model with help of the status …” „… all three contexts, cultural and economic capital mediates positively the relationship between …” „… the idea that different forms of Bourdieu’s capital gain their value from scarcity and that scarcity …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-12

„… hypotheses .................................................. 99 3.4.1 Social capital as a normative resource …” „… ............. 100 3.4.2 Social capital as group membership ................. 102 10 3.4.3 The hypotheses …” „… Universität Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, and the Social Science Research Center Berlin. This …”

Summary of the hypothesis tests S. 188-190

„… contexts, only institutionalized cultural capital measured as the highest educational level attained plays …” „… attitudes holds also after controlling most importantly for economic and cultural capital. Notwithstanding …” „… importantly cultural capital, and this is true throughout the differing institutional contexts. Of course …”

Four large opinion clusters in Germany S. 162-176

„… unwanted neighbors. The intolerance towards only this one social group is what sets the cluster 166 apart …” „… from the more intolerant cluster characterized by intolerance towards several social groups. As …” „… “dependent variable” we see that social mechanisms are complex. (cf. chapter two for the review of studies …”

Three large opinion clusters in France S. 148-162

„… concept, a working definition, and an operationalization. The second one simplifies the social phenomenon …” „… differ from engagement in club y with regard to a society’s civil center and what role does social …” „… than for the more civil center.79 Theoretically speaking, we observe the peripheries’ social distance …”

Analysis strategy S. 126-131

„… social capital as group membership. The basic argument was that we need to take the socio-economic status …” „… is a key indicator for one aspect of cultural capital, namely for the aspect Bourdieu called “l’état …” „… institutionalisé du capital culturel” (Bourdieu, 1979b, p. 5). Importantly, nationality is not included as control …”

Abstract S. 16

„… good before then contrasting a social cohesion framework with a Bourdieusian status competition …” „… . I use three country contexts strategic for differentiating social structural regularities from …” „… specific, logistic regression analyses reveal that cultural capital is the most important control variable …”

Résumé S. 18

„… de la cohésion sociale au cadre bourdieusien mettant l'accent sur la compétition. Sur le plan …” „… sociales structurelles de ceux des particularités propres à chaque nation. L'analyse des clusters met en …” „… modèles de régression logistique montrent que le capital culturel est la plus importante variable de …”

Three large opinion clusters but a cacophonic civil center in the US S. 176-188

„… that these social groups were often mentioned as it is coded in the WVS 2005-2008 as 1 if mentioned and …” „… .101 This pattern also holds significantly for the other categories of “subjective social class”, for …” „… categories of subjective social class into account, the significant relationship between higher subjective …”

Outline S. 35-38

„… from a contemporary social science perspective (with a special focus on sociological studies). In the …” „… about the incivility of young people, immigrants or other social groups. Carter (1999) and others …” „… private social space. I will argue that this relocation also has historical validity. Civility once …”

Basic definitions, formulations and indicators S. 31-35

„… at organizational forms or by studying overlapping social circles (now called bridging social capital …” „… including civil (such as free speech), political (such as voting), and social (such as a minimum standard of …” „… 12 In that sense, social rights make the other two more meaningful (Marshall, 1964). 32 even though …”

Beyond the implicit equation S. 69-73

„… methodology, chapter four). What it means to link social capital concepts, which does in the Bourdieusian …” „… corporations, firms Political parties, policymakers NGOs, movement organizations Social units Classes …”

The third sector as composition of associational fields S. 68-69

„… and data sources are discussed in the methodology, chapter four). What it means to link social capital …”

Germany: A context of corporatism? S. 84-86

„… and administer other parts of the social welfare. However, the Catholic élite was traumatized by being …” „… dismissed from providing important social services for an expanding welfare state. The Church’s response to …” „… notion of subsidiarity, which became a synonym for institutional alternatives to the state as a social …”

USA: A context of association centeredness? S. 86-89

„… active social services providers such as the Protestant Diakonie and the Catholic Caritas. While the main …” „… educational services became state based, such as in France, other sectors of social services were managed by …” „… detailed reference to the “social experiment” in the United States (also see Lipset & Marks, 2001 …”

Ideas and ideals of civil society S. 73-79

„… modern, capitalistic individualism. In the mid-19th century most social theorists understood civil …” „… emerges in the late 17th century. Social theorists use it as an umbrella term which describes the emerging …” „… more civil society where social organization is increasingly based on the division of labor, the …”

Center and periphery S. 89-95

„… when it comes to the social services delivery of private associations. The state-associations …” „… contemporary social science devotes its attention to those pathological situations of crisis when consensus …” „… “Shils was not a functionalist” (Bulmer, 1996, p. 5) in this section I demonstrate that a basic social …”

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Meike Dudziak

In Capacity We Trust

Series: Internationale Beziehungen

Volume 16 2011

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Social capital as a society-centered concept S. 29-30

„… (Table 1).Table 1: The twofold character of social capitalIndividual Social Capital(micro level of …” „… voluntary associations on the collective social capital(distribution of networks or memberships). In short …” „… analysis)Collective Social Capital(macro level of analysis)Structural Dimension Personal ties Distribution of …”

Contribution to the literature on social capital S. 202-205

„… to the literature on social capitalMy analysis has highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of …” „… capitaltheory as I distinguished between social capital situated in the realm of society andpublic institutions …” „… law.Having discussed the contribution of this study to the literature on social capital,I will now turn to …”

Social capital and non-compliance with European law S. 28-29

„… capital as a society-centered concept.Social capital and non-compliance with European lawThe success of …” „… Putnam’s research on social capital in Italy (cf. Putnam, Leonardiet al., 1993) and the United States …” „… social capital are the subjects of this chapter. First, the focus is placed on the definition, aims, and …”

Social Capital and the state: The institution-centered approach S. 40-47

„… Social Capital and the state: The institution-centered approachLevi (1988; 1998), Murphy (2003 …” „… this dissertation, the influence of social capital from above and below on compliance bymember states …” „… respect of (social) norms are important in Levi’s model, but they playinformational and institutional …”

The consequences of social capital on member state compliance: The main findings S. 197-202

„… literature on social capitalMy analysis has highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of current concepts …” „… , it extensively summarizesthe discussion of the impact of social capital on compliance. And second …” „… attempting to provide an outlook for futureresearch.The consequences of social capital on member state …”

Putnam’s way of understanding S. 30-37

„… capitalIndividual Social Capital(micro level of analysis)Collective Social Capital(macro level of …” „… social capital(distribution of networks or memberships). In short, the structural dimension hasprivate …” „… capital).Social networks contribute to the internalization of social norms, foster socialnorms, and enforce social …”

Summary and discussion of the society-centered approach S. 37-40

„… capital) thatbecomes generalized trust in other members of society (collective social capital).Social …” „… state-related variable and is not a consequence but a source of social capital.Repressive governments, for …” „… Summary and discussion of the society-centered approachSocial capital represents a popular concept …”

Measuring the society-centered concept S. 70-80

„… structural elements of social capitalThe findings of the quantitative analysis show that patterns between …” „… : First, I will discuss the operationalizationof the social capital concept and describe the data and …” „… conceptSocial capital as defined in this dissertation is a combination of networks (structuraldimension) and …”

Research question S. 13-18

„… capitaland compliance beginning with a review of the literature on social capital, fromthere, developing …” „… systematically integrate the concept of social capital into the theoretical and empiricalresearch on compliance …” „… be structured and compared.Social capital has gained popularity in comparative politics4 and has been …”

The research design and outline of the study S. 18-23

„… of social capital. It aims to define and conceptualize social capitalfrom above (institution-centered …” „… inefficient institutions and low social capital(European Values Study, Putnam, Leonardi et al., 1993; 2000 …” „… and identifies the causal mechanisms that link social capital, non-state actors, andmember state …”

Quantitative testing of hypotheses S. 117-137

„… .Society-centered social capitalIt appears that generalized social trust (b = -.011, SE = .003 model 1) is …” „… Social CapitalSSI GDP Polcon PPP perCapitaEffic. Support ST. AC. PTSSI 1 GDP 0.7* 1 Polcon …” „… 29.134Social capitalGeneralized social trust is significant negatively correlated with the …”

What is the relationship between social trust and political trust? S. 105-107

„… social capital debate has inspired a renewed focus on trust (Levi andStoker, 2000: 1). Social capitalists …” „… social capital causes political trust or not can only bediscussed theoretically in this study because …” „… support for the social capital argument(top-down or bottom-up) requires evidence at the individual level …”

Literature S. 231-247

„… ). "Social Capital: Explaining Its Origins and Effects onGovernment Performance." British Journal of …” „… Consequences of Social Capital." American Journal of Political Science 41(3): 999-1023.Brehm, Sharon S. and …” „… Nordic Exceptionalism?Berlin.Della Porta, Donna (2000a). Social Capital, Beliefs in Government and …”

What is compliance? S. 25-28

„… costs of changing policy. These costs can bereduced if social capital is available for state actors. How …” „… can social capital accountfor state actors’ non-compliance with (EU) law? A second goal of this …” „… which are important to understand since they constitute both compliance and social capital theories …”

Introduction S. 68-70

„… hypotheses and indicatorsIntroductionTrust is centered within social capital theory as the explanatory …” „… operationalizationof the social capital concept and describe the data and selection of member states.A descriptive …” „… the last section of this chapter.Measuring the society-centered conceptSocial capital as defined in …”

Appendices S. 209-230

„… outlyingcases – social capital and legitimacy variables1 2 3 4Society centeredsocial capital Trust …” „… -.0110342**(.0037531) -.0117389***(.0033171) Institution centered social capital Political Trust …” „… regression techniques and with leverageand y-outliers (rreg program) – social capital and legitimacy …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-7

„… . Dr. Reinhard Wolf, Frankfurt / MainBand 16Social Capital and Non-Compliance in the European UnionIn …” „… research design and outline of the study1.2 18A theoretical framework for the analysis of social capital …” „… andcompliancePart II:24Beyond state centered theories – Social capital as neglected explanatoryvariable in the …”

Conclusion S. 107-108

„… industrialized countries (cf. Pharr and Putnam, 2000). Against this background, the social capital debate has …” „… importantrole in shaping and creating social capital and, in particular, generalized social trust.The findings …” „… the one hand and political trust onthe other. Some critics of social capital like Posner (2004) argue …”

Contribution to the compliance literature S. 205-207

„… law.Having discussed the contribution of this study to the literature on social capital,I will now turn to …” „… social capital in America (Putnam, 2000; cf. Torgler, 2003), and hasbeen expanded to incorporate European …” „… between the memberstates of the EU. To understand the role of social capital in compliance, the …”

Conclusion S. 137-140

„… ) and membership inassociations (b = -.02, SE= .01, model 7) as social capital variables show …” „… stock of social capital in a5.8137society and not by other factors. This is beyond the scope of this …” „… andcompliance is that the social capital literature is dominated by the society-centeredtheory. Most studies …”

Measuring the dependent variable – infringements of EU law by member states S. 112-114

„… capital(measured by both social and political trust) holds true, we would expect socialcapital to effectively work …” „… indicators (Art. 226). I willbegin by exploring the effect of social capital on the transposition of …” „… directives.Social capital, as argued in the society-centered approach, shapes the expectationsof actors of the …”

Index of tables S. 8

„… results – social capitaland state centered variables 131Table 27: Multivariate regression – social capital …” „… Index of tablesTable 1: The twofold character of social capital 30Table 2: Countries analyzed by …” „… dependentvariables 126Table 23: Correlation matrix of social capital and legitimacy variables 127Table 24 …”

What comes first? The relationship between networks, norms, and trust S. 80-84

„… squares-regression analysis.The relation between the cultural and structural elements of social capitalThe findings …” „… social capital in light of the generally high mean values of norm acceptance in themember states …” „… . Since the literature on social capital assumes a reciprocal relationship between the three …”

Introduction S. 109-110

„… capital for (non)compliancewith EU lawIntroductionIn this chapter I aim to explore the effects of (social …” „… if social capital accounts the compliant behavior directly. Accordingly, we would assume that those …” „… states rich in social capital performbest. Application deficits capture the indirect nature of NSAs on …”

Introduction S. 197

„… , it extensively summarizesthe discussion of the impact of social capital on compliance. And second …” „… attempting to provide an outlook for futureresearch.The consequences of social capital on member state …” „… compliance: The mainfindingsThe focus of this study is on the relationship between social capital and …”

Introduction S. 24-25

„… A theoretical framework for the analysis of social capital andcomplianceBeyond state centered …” „… theories – Social capital as neglected explanatoryvariable in the compliance literatureIntroductionThe …” „… costs of changing policy. These costs can bereduced if social capital is available for state actors. How …”

The impact of institutional fairness and effectiveness on political trust S. 100-105

„… correlation analysis. I do not intend to surveythe development of the two concepts of social capital …” „… social capital causes political trust or not can only bediscussed theoretically in this study because …” „… support for the social capital argument(top-down or bottom-up) requires evidence at the individual level …”

Conclusion S. 66-67

„… complying with laws beyond the nationstate.60 As with social capital, they share a more society-centered …” „… social capital from above and from below and its implication for compliance by member states, the next …” „… (2005).66crete indicators. It begins by treating social capital measured by social and politicaltrust as the …”

The Outlook S. 207-208

„… (Torgler, 2002). Ifthe assumption of this study holds true, social capital as a set of norms, attitudes,and …” „… relevance of social capital factors for compliance. A firststep towards a systematic analytical framework of …” „… gain new insights on institutional arrangements which increase compliancemorale. Social capital is the …”

Conclusion S. 47-49

„… second empirical part of this dissertation, the influence of social capital from above and below on …” „… hypotheses. The bottomup social capital theory focuses directly on the compliant behavior of state …” „… state-centered variables. Both theories, top-down and bottomup, argue that social capital works through non-state …”

Data set S. 114-115

„… needed to shed light on the causal mechanisms. If the assumption of social capital(measured by both …” „… social capital on type 3 violations, while controlling for other variables in aseparate regression …” „… social and political trust) holds true, we would expect socialcapital to effectively work when it comes …”

Introduction S. 49

„… at length and subsequently develop hypotheses. The bottomup social capital theory focuses directly on …” „… bottomup, argue that social capital works through non-state actors in order to account forcompliance by …”

What are non-state actors? S. 49-51

„… at length and subsequently develop hypotheses. The bottomup social capital theory focuses directly on …” „… bottomup, argue that social capital works through non-state actors in order to account forcompliance by …” „… Social Responsibility. The distinction between different types of non-state actors seems to beblurred at …”

Infringement proceedings as an indicator for non-compliance S. 111-112

„… indicators (Art. 226). I willbegin by exploring the effect of social capital on the transposition of …” „… directives.Social capital, as argued in the society-centered approach, shapes the expectationsof actors of the …”

Introduction S. 140-143

„… on the implementation ofEU law. Or is the relationship between compliance and social capital nothing …” „… variables of social capital, networks, norms and trust are heldconstant. In short, both analyses, the …” „… political veto-manoeuvres, and to defective political and social institutionswhich prevent the emergence of …”

European regulation S. 110-111

„… social capital approach derived from thestudies conducted by Robert Putnam. However, the explanatory …” „… power of politicaltrust and bureaucratic efficiency is higher than social trust and dense networks.90 …” „… social) of its member states.EU law directly affects the legal systems of its members, and can even …”

Recommendations for political practice S. 207

„… (Torgler, 2002). Ifthe assumption of this study holds true, social capital as a set of norms, attitudes,and …”

Theories about compliance S. 51-66

„… complying with laws beyond the nationstate.60 As with social capital, they share a more society-centered …” „… social capital from above and from below and its implication for compliance by member states, the next …” „… social (loss of reputation and credibility), may lead to a change of strategic58preferences towards …”

Summary and discussion of findings S. 170-172

„… of social capital (part Three). The descriptive examination of political trust andcompliance by …”

Institution-centered approach: operationalization of the indicators S. 84-100

„… measuring of political trust, the rational choice model of political trust,and the measuring of the social …” „… revenue coming from income, profits, and capital gains.87Levi’s idea of institutional capacity. Looking at …” „… 3739.681 2186.06 0.58 1238.26 5283.69494The social conception of political rrust: fairness of …”

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Malte Gephart - Fighting Corruption in Paraguay and Chile

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Fighting Corruption in Paraguay and Chile

Series: Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik

Volume 18 2017

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The anti-corruption discourse and the concept of social capital S. 129-140

„… 129 8 The anti-corruption discourse and the concept of social capital68 This chapter extends the …” „… development discourse understands them in the concept of ‘social capital’. In doing so, it discovers a …” „… expression of underdevelopment, social capital conceptualises them as a potential driver for development …”

Literature S. 147-168

„… & Washington, D.C: International Monetary Fund. Adler, Paul S. and Seok-Woo Kwon (2002) ‘Social Capital …” „… (& London: Longman. Bebbington, Anthony (2007) ‘Social Capital and Development Studies II: Can Bourdieu …” „… , Elizabeth Olson and Michael Woolcock (2004) ‘Exploring Social Capital Debates at the World Bank’, O …”

Conclusions S. 141-146

„… capital attributes positive effects to them – most ironically it argues that personal social relations …” „… did the social capital project in Indonesia interact with anti-corruption activities in the country …” „… personal social relations in the development discourse: while in the corruption discourse they are …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-10

„… 125 8 The anti-corruption discourse and the concept of social capital 129 8.1 Corruption as a …” „… conceptualisation of personal social relations 132 8.3 Personal social relations in the concept of social capital …” „… the largest in Europe. Its research focuses on political, economic and social developments in Africa …”

Introduction S. 11-20

„… capital’ conceptualise personal social relations and argues that by relating both, a fundamental …” „… of ‘underdevelopment’, but ‘social capital’ conceptualises them as a potential driver for …” „… means, thus, which social practices are included into the concept (Engelsen Ruud 2000; Auyero 2004 …”

The international and transnational anti-corruption campaign (INTACD) S. 30-66

„… the [previously unspeakable] “C” word not as a political issue but as something social and economic …” „… ’. Christian Höffling, for instance, conceptualises corruption as a social relationship (Höffling 2002). From …” „… this perspective corruption is usually identified when personal social relations deviate from otherwise …”

Research gaps, case study selection and methods S. 67-86

„… context Networks and social capital (e.g. ‘What do networks mean to you in your daily work?’, ‘What …” „… people in local contexts actually strive for as ‘good social change’, that is, the aim of …” „… parties, including syndicates and social movements, such as those of the landless peasantry. Many members …”

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Chiara Pierobon, Nora Becker, Steve Schlegel - Central Asia After Three Decades of Independence

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Central Asia After Three Decades of Independence

Series: Transformation, Development, and Regionalization in Greater Asia

Volume 15 2021

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Chiara Pierobon Social Capital’s “Missing Dimension” in Sustainable Development Programs: Evidence from EU Support of Civil Society in Kazakhstan S. 125-150

„… development. Second, this study introduces a missing dimension of social capital—the relational dimension—to …” „… findings of this study and highlight the importance of including social capital—especially its three …” „… 2). The Structural Dimension The structural dimension of social capital—the “networks” in Putnam’s …”

Chiara Pierobon, Nora Becker, Steve Schlegel Introduction S. 9-20

„… social capital theory. She points out that the classical approaches of development theory and …” „… implementation, such as that of the World Bank’s Social Capital Initiative, focused on the structural and …” „… cognitive dimensions of social capital but did not pay attention to the relational dimension. Pierobon …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-8

„… to UNIFIL Steve Schlegel Social Capital’s “Missing Dimension” in Sustainable Development Programs …” „… Bielefeld University. Its main goal was to foster social science capacities in Central Asia via …”

Aliia Maralbaeva Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Kyrgyzstan S. 39-54

„… two largest cities of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek (the capital) and Osh. The data were taken from the 2019 …” „… address other important issues such as health, education, security and social support. A legal analysis of …” „… Disabilities was passed, which initiated a shift toward a social model of disability. It construes disability …”

Matthias Kortmann, Laura Karoline Nette Securitizing Islam in Central Asia: A Comparative Perspective on Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan S. 81-106

„… securitization according to social constructivist perspectives, the Copenhagen School builds upon the …” „… channeled and is therefore produced through social interactions within a shared surrounding environment …” „… (Berger/Luckmann 1969). Accordingly, its adoption of social constructivist assumptions has put the process of …”

Shalva Dzebisashvili Conceptualizing Neorealism in the Context of Central Asian Regional Security:True or False? S. 55-80

„… Different regions have their own historical origins and social and cultural contexts and have therefore …” „… neorealist scholars attach little political and social importance to them, find it difficult to elucidate …” „… Nursultan (formerly Astana), the capital of Kazakhstan, to push back against the idea of turning the …”

Aziz Elmuradov Uzbekistan Between Tradition and Modernity: Subject and Symbolic Order S. 21-38

„… provides insights that draw on postmodernist critical thought as a site where social reality is …” „… social practice2 of discursive significance. This reading suggests that since language rests on …” „… isolated from the social and historical matrix of emergence, outside of which it can neither exist nor be …”

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