Prepared for the Havighurst Young Scholars ’ Conference
Social capital is a concept that has become popular in describing and understanding the content of civil society networks and their relationship to democratic practice. Two theories of social capital are discussed with relation to two Canadian-sponsored democratization initiatives in the Russian nor...
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2003
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.536.9162 http://www.units.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter/publications/documents/murphy.pdf |
| Summary: | Social capital is a concept that has become popular in describing and understanding the content of civil society networks and their relationship to democratic practice. Two theories of social capital are discussed with relation to two Canadian-sponsored democratization initiatives in the Russian north. The author concludes that while the concepts are useful in understanding the problems of democratic transition in Russia, their applicability as models for democratization projects remains limited unless they are incorporated within a robust theory and practice of democratic politics. |
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