Capital social e desenvolvimento democrático: Porto Alegre (Brasil) e Santiago do Chile

Valdivieso, Patricio

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“…Social participation was measured as the respondents’ participation in three different types of associations: egotropic, sociotropic, and religious. 24 , 25 Egotropic associations directly benefit those involved, e.g., sports, women’s, youth, older adults, and support groups; sociotropic associations have an out-group focus and benefit those involved and others as well, e.g., territorial associations and volunteer groups; and religious associations are focused on religion.…”

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Social capital, social participation and life satisfaction among Chilean older adults

2014

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OBJECTIVE To examine factors associated with social participation and their relationship with self-perceived well-being in older adults.METHODS This study was based on data obtained from the National Socioeconomic Characterization (CASEN) Survey conducted in Chile, in 2011, on a probability sample of households. We examined information of 31,428 older adults living in these households. Descriptive and explanatory analyses were performed using linear and multivariate logistic regression models. We assessed the respondents’ participation in different types of associations: egotropic, sociotropic, and religious.RESULTS Social participation increased with advancing age and then declined after the age of 80. The main finding of this study was that family social capital is a major determinant of social participation of older adults. Their involvement was associated with high levels of self-perceived subjective well-being. We identified four settings as sources of social participation: home-based; rural community-based; social policy programs; and religious. Older adults were significantly more likely to participate when other members of the household were also involved in social activities evidencing an intergenerational transmission of social participation. Rural communities, especially territorial associations, were the most favorable setting for participation. There has been a steady increase in the rates of involvement of older adults in social groups in Chile, especially after retirement. Religiosity remains a major determinant of associativism. The proportion of participation was higher among older women than men but these proportions equaled after the age of 80.CONCLUSIONS Self-perceived subjective well-being is not only dependent upon objective factors such as health and income, but is also dependent upon active participation in social life, measured as participation in associations, though its effects are moderate.

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Social capital, social participation and life satisfaction among Chilean older adults

2014

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“…The quality of public policies influences the governance and sustainability of the democracy and affects participation (Kim 2005;Hagopian and Mainwaring 2005). In the Chilean context, since most of the municipalities are important actors for local development, people may evaluate the political performance in terms of its effects on life quality (for arguments and facts see Valdivieso 2009). Since Chilean majors administer local schools, its relative failure or success could be seen as a signal of efficiency.…”

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Participation in Organizations, Trust, and Social Capital Formation: Evidence from Chile

Valdivieso

Villena‐Roldán

2012

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This paper introduces an ordinal rational choice model for multiple kinds of social participation intensities to empirically investigate the relevance of several theoretical determinants of formation of Social Capital (SC) introduced in the literature. The framework is rich enough to investigate the importance of demographic individual variables, social/peer effects interactions, endogenous trust, and politico-institutional factors as sources of participation. Using Chilean data, we find that politico-institutional factors are jointly important to account for SC formation, as well as social interactions. Trusting community is a highly significant factor behind political participation and non-participation in religious activities. In addition, there are clear interrelated decisions among different kinds of participation. The evidence shows that SC formation is a multidimensional complex process, as advocated by prevailing theories in the literature.

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“…Diferentes estudos apontam para a importância da participação política para a estabilidade democrática. Cf Valdivieso (2009),Borba (2005),Norris (2002). eBaquero (2005).…”

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Capital Social E Padrões De Participação Político-Social Em Ijuí – Rs

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2012

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O objetivo deste artigo é examinar os níveis de participação político-social do município de Ijuí – Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul – Brasil. A hipótese principal é que práticas cada vez menos recorrentes de ações cívicas (participativas, associativas e de confiança) entre os membros da comunidade nas últimas décadas constituem a principal causa da variação negativa do capital social do município. O referencial teórico e metodológico utilizado neste artigo segue a abordagem do capital social, proposta por Robert Putnam. A segunda parte analisa os resultados do survey aplicado no ano de 2005 (400 entrevistas). A comparação longitudinal entre o survey de 2005 com o de 1968 indica o declínio de manifestações cívicas com a diminuição da participação política convencional, altos índices de desconfiança, redução do associativismo e cooperação. Estes resultados comprovam a hipótese central da variação negativa do capital social em Ijuí.

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Capital social e desenvolvimento democrático: Porto Alegre (Brasil) e Santiago do Chile

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

Social capital, social participation and life satisfaction among Chilean older adults

Social capital, social participation and life satisfaction among Chilean older adults

Participation in Organizations, Trust, and Social Capital Formation: Evidence from Chile

Capital Social E Padrões De Participação Político-Social Em Ijuí – Rs

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