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Less than five years ago, a book like this would have started with an elaborate definition of the concept of social capital. Today, this no longer seems necessary. Not only in political science, but also in other academic disciplines it is now widely acknowledged that the presence of dense networks within a society, and the accompanying norms of generalized trust and reciprocity, allow citizens to overcome collective action problems more effectively. Social capital is seen as an important resource available to societies and communities. Even policy makers have overwhelmingly adopted the notion of social capital. In Britain, the Blair government has re-invigorated civic education in schools in order to promote social capital and to strengthen a civic culture that is believed to be endangered by the rising distrust in government institutions. The Public Broadcasting System in the United States proudly proclaims that its community-based television programs actively promote the creation of social capital. President Yoweri Museveni from Uganda talks about access to social capital as one of his goals in the fight for the eradication of poverty. And when the government of the Flemish autonomous region in Belgium unfolded its ambitious “21 Goals for the 21st Century,” the creation of social capital figured prominently among them.
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Hooghe, M., Stolle, D. (2003). Introduction: Generating Social Capital. In: Hooghe, M., Stolle, D. (eds) Generating Social Capital. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403979544_1
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