Feeling Disconnected: Exploring the Relationship Between Different Forms of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Japan

Die Kunst zu leben

“…Auf diese Weise manifestiere sich anhand der lokalen Unzufriedenheit ein weiterer Diskursstrang, in dem die Zivilgesellschaft die Inkompetenz der politischen Führung Japans ins Zentrum stelle (Samuels 2013: 33). Hommerich (2014) stellt mit ihrer Untersuchung eines beobachtbaren Vertrauensverlustes in die gesellschaftlichen Eliten eine Ergänzung aus soziologischer Perspektive zu Samuals Beitrag dar. Meiner Ansicht nach bildet dieser Vertrauensverlust die Basis für den eingangs erwähnten Prozess des "counter-framings" nach Chong und Druckman (2007), welcher ein starkes gesellschaftliches Spannungsverhältnis erzeugt.…”

Intimate Disconnections

“…Broader trends have expanded the symbolic and functional meanings of the phrase, such that it has come to represent the general risks of disconnection. From people living alone, to workers untethered from full-time positions, or young people primarily communicating through technology, the new lack of social ties creates and extends social problems (Hommerich 2015;Iwama 2011;Luckacs 2013;Tachibanaki 2010;Ueno 2009). Reflecting Japanese media narratives, particularly after the triple disasters of March 2011, Allison (2013) links the restructured labor market with government (non)responses to the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns under "precarity. "…”

Social Capital in Emerging Collaboration Between NPOs and Volunteers: Performance Effects and Sustainability Prospects in Disaster Relief

“…Research on social capital also seems to play a key role in transforming knowledge into innovation (Subramaniam and Youndt 2005). There are numerous accounts that social capital strongly affects organizational outcomes (Nahapiet and Ghoshal 1998;Kostova and Roth 2003) as well as civic engagement (Hommerich 2015). Van der Vegt et al (2015, 973) state that particularly in disaster contexts, relationships and social networks in which responders are embedded strongly impact the availability and accessibility of resources and capabilities for adaptive response.…”