Social capital across Europe - findings, trends and methodological shortcomings of cross-national surveys
Abstract: "Two sets of issues are elaborated and reflected on. The first one concerns the distribution of stocks of social capital across European (EU) nations. Using the conventional proxies like trust and associational involvement on the basis of data of cross-national surveys (EVS/WVS and ESS) the main tentative trends and patterns are outlined. The second issue refers to the quality of data. Are the findings and indicators reliable and credible? Are the EVS and other available European surveys a methodologically correct and sufficient source of empirical evidence? Concerning the first issue, it is possible to speak of four groups with regard to the distribution of social capital at the European level. In contrast to authors who argue that there are no large differences in mean scores across the national patterns, this analysis arrives at more differentiated conclusions. Between the first and fourth group a very clear borderline can be drawn while differences between the second and third
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource, 29 S.
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
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Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung ; Bd. 2006-010
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Wirtschaft
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Berlin
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2006
- Urheber
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Adam, Frane
- Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-196601
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte
- Adam, Frane
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Entstanden
- 2006
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