Civil Society, Political Capital, and Democratization in Central America

Booth, John A.; Richard, Patricia Bayer

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“…To avoid duplication of effort, the project steering committee in partnership with interview participants decided to refine the framework and remove this capital from the capacity self-assessment tool. We also acknowledge that a variety of other capitals exist, such as political (Booth andRichard 1998, Lake andHuckfeldt 1998), cultural (Dimaggio and Mohr 1985, Lareau and Weininger 2003, Vryonides 2007, Patterson 2008, and spiritual capitals (Verter 2003). However, rural landholders involved in the development and piloting of the assessment tool believed that human, social, physical, and financial capitals were most pertinent to the delivery of NRM in South Australia at multiple community tiers.…”

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A Tool and Process that Facilitate Community Capacity Building and Social Learning for Natural Resource Management

Raymond¹,

Cleary²

2013

E&S

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ABSTRACT. This study presents a self-assessment tool and process that facilitate community capacity building and social learning for natural resource management. The tool and process provide opportunities for rural landholders and project teams both to self-assess their capacity to plan and deliver natural resource management (NRM) programs and to reflect on their capacities relative to other organizations and institutions that operate in their region. We first outline the tool and process and then present a critical review of the pilot in the South Australian Arid Lands NRM region, South Australia. Results indicate that participants representing local, organizational, and institutional tiers of government were able to arrive at a group consensus position on the strength, importance, and confidence of a variety of capacities for NRM categorized broadly as human, social, physical, and financial. During the process, participants learned a lot about their current capacity as well as capacity needs. Broad conclusions are discussed with reference to the iterative process for assessing and reflecting on community capacity.

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Section: Identify Community Capacity Indicators and Scoring Rubrics Bmentioning

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A Tool and Process that Facilitate Community Capacity Building and Social Learning for Natural Resource Management

Raymond¹,

Cleary²

2013

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“…A number of studies in Central America have also found a correlation between social capital and political participation (Anderson, 2010;Booth & Richard, 1998;Klesner, 2007). For example, in a 1999 study on the role of organisational involvement in political participation in Central America, Seligson (1999) used survey samples drawn from all the Spanish-speaking countries in South America and revealed a positive correlation between social capital and political participation.…”

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The Association between Social Capital and Voting Participation in Three Developing Democracies in Africa

Bwalya¹,

Sukumar²

2018

JPL

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Numerous empirical research studies posit that social capital has a positive influence on peoples' political participation. Studies conducted in developed western democracies have revealed that social capital strengthens democratic institutions by impacting both the quantity and quality of citizens' political participation. However, in the developing democracies of Africa, the effects of social capital on political participation remain under-researched. This paper aims to empirically examine whether the interrelation between social capital and political participation holds true in the developing democracies of Africa. By operationalising the concept of social capital as membership in civic associations, this paper examines the influence of social capital on peoples' voting participation in three Southern African countries, viz. Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. Using data from the sixth round of the Afrobarometer Survey, this study found that social capital was strongly linked to voting participation in these countries.

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“…The second instance is the creation of a political party. In Honduras, political rather than social capital links formal group activism to democracy in (BOOTH & RICHARD, 1998;Bootha & Richarda, 1999), thus the resistance movement formed a political party and participated in the 2012 primary elections.…”

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More than Tools: ICTS Facilitating Alternative Opportunity Structures for Social Movements

Vasquez¹

2014

Redes.Com

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Though ICTs are critical for social movements, political orders, and the machinery of the modern state, research has not addressed how they are important, the purpose of this exploratory study is to attend take the first step towards theorizing the role of ICTs in social movements. The study is guided by the following research question: How does the resistance movement relate to the opportunity structures? A mixed-method case study of the Honduran Resistance Movement was conducted. Members of the movement, civil society organizations, the government and international organizations were interviewed and observation of mobilizations and meetings were conducted, as well as collection of qualitative data from newspapers and social media. We found that social movements engage in a bricolage behavior to make the most out of their available ICTs and mobilizing structures and create opportunities to participate in political processes.

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Civil Society, Political Capital, and Democratization in Central America

Cited by 168 publications

References 22 publications

A Tool and Process that Facilitate Community Capacity Building and Social Learning for Natural Resource Management

A Tool and Process that Facilitate Community Capacity Building and Social Learning for Natural Resource Management

The Association between Social Capital and Voting Participation in Three Developing Democracies in Africa

More than Tools: ICTS Facilitating Alternative Opportunity Structures for Social Movements

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