“…Its current political popularity and utility lies in the way social capital "speaks to the times", in effect carving out an image of the social in decline and in need of political attention. She shows how the social capital thesis parallels communitarianism and Third Way theory, supporting the "social turn" (Tonkiss 2000) in current political projects in Britain and the United States. In their chapter, Mike Savage, Yaojun Li and Gindo Tampubolon agree that as politics and economics turn to the social world, social capital becomes a means through which economistic assumptions are "smuggled into the city of the social".…”
“…Its current political popularity and utility lies in the way social capital "speaks to the times", in effect carving out an image of the social in decline and in need of political attention. She shows how the social capital thesis parallels communitarianism and Third Way theory, supporting the "social turn" (Tonkiss 2000) in current political projects in Britain and the United States. In their chapter, Mike Savage, Yaojun Li and Gindo Tampubolon agree that as politics and economics turn to the social world, social capital becomes a means through which economistic assumptions are "smuggled into the city of the social".…”
“…Government is one arena that can benefit from social capital because the formation of social networks founded upon trust and sociability between individuals serves to enhance their capacity to perform the key tasks that comprise the political process; the pursuit of common ends and resolution of collective problems (cf. Jacobs, 1961;Coleman, 1988;Tonkiss, 2000). This view is consonant with the egalitarian pluralist strand of contemporary constitutional-political argument where social networks are seen as central to modern democratic politics and the process of democratization (Cohen and Rogers, 1992, p.394;Gibson, 1998).…”
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confidence: 86%
“…It is also about the types of human capital and non-financial 'resources' that can be capitalized in ways that shape society's capacity for economic development as well as political participation (cf. ; Tonkiss, 2000). One such resource is trust.…”
This paper outlines the initial impact that recent constitutional reform has had in reframing governance and changing the role of the third sector in Wales. In the wake of devolution it shows a civil society in transition. It examines two democratic innovations; a new and singular statutory partnership between national Welsh government and the voluntary sector, and a unique legal duty requiring that government promote equality of opportunity for all people in the exercise of its functions. Here the emerging findings of research into the prevailing levels and types of social capital are outlined as part of an evaluation of the way such reforms are being used further the political aim for a more broad-based, participatory system of governance. Attention is focussed on measures designed to engage in the work of government hitherto marginalized social groups such as women, disabled people and people from an ethnic minority background. The nature and working practices associated with new structural and procedural arrangements that include government-sponsored consultative third sector networks for 'minority' groups are explored. The emerging evidence presented here suggests that whilst reframing governance and state intervention may have the potential to foster top-down social capital in ways that promote activism and political participation, significant barriers remain to achieving 'inclusive' governance.
IntroductionDuring the 1990s, the British Labour Party advocated a partnership approach to government relations with the voluntary sector. The constitutional reforms that it implemented between 1997-9 afforded the opportunity to effect such a
“…Greiling () sets out the complex interactions between political accountability and trust, making arguments that parallel those by Olson () that trust is vital for the functioning of market economies. In much of the literature, trust is viewed as an element of social capital: Robert Putnam … sees trust … as one element of social capital – one of those ‘features of social organization’, along with norms and networks, ‘that can improve the efficiency of society by facilitating coordinated action’ (Putnam, , p. 167) … Trust provides the oil for social interaction and associations, and in turn is a product of them (or, at any rate of some of them) (Tonkiss, , pp. 17–18).…”
Section: A Theoretical Framework For Public Audit: Economization Tramentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Robert Putnam … sees trust … as one element of social capital – one of those ‘features of social organization’, along with norms and networks, ‘that can improve the efficiency of society by facilitating coordinated action’ (Putnam, , p. 167) … Trust provides the oil for social interaction and associations, and in turn is a product of them (or, at any rate of some of them) (Tonkiss, , pp. 17–18).…”
Section: A Theoretical Framework For Public Audit: Economization Tramentioning
Public audit has been under‐theorized, the existing literature too dominated by institutional description. Public audit may be interpreted as promoting transparency in order to generate trust, thus leading to legitimacy. Disaggregating transparency and trust, the article develops a subtler analysis of their role in public audit. By integrating collibration into the processes of economization, the governance of public audit and its operational activities are illuminated. Expected to be bloodhound, not just watchdog, public audit space is currently contested and can be forcibly evacuated. Transparency‐generated trust might be the outcome, but providing a well‐evidenced transparency should be public audit's mission.
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