Understanding the American Decline in Social Capital, 1952–1998

Costa, Dora L.; Kahn, Matthew E.

doi:10.1111/1467-6435.00208

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“…Considering Morro's view, there are a lot of differences between men and women in their rules related to social networks. The skills and goods have an emotional value of an important source which are more accessible to women because of their focus on a private area, specially where the networks are recognized through effective links [46]. This difference included emotional and supportive sources based on network resources.…”

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Social Trust and Social Network in Iran

Kiani¹

2013

IJTEF

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Social Trust and Social Network in Iran

Kiani¹

2013

IJTEF

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“…Costa and Kahn (2003) analyzed trend data on social capital in multiple datasets including the DDB Life Style Surveys, the Current Population Surveys, the General Social Surveys, the National Election Studies and time diary studies conducted at multiple points in time. Costa and Khan reported that some measures of social capital declined over time, while others did not.…”

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Segregation in Social Networks Based on Acquaintanceship and Trust

DiPrete

Gelman

McCormick

et al. 2011

American Journal of Sociology

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the University of Wisconsin, Madison. We thank Richard Breen and the other participants at these seminars, Nan Lin, Howard Aldrich, and also three anonymous AJS reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions. Please direct correspondence to Thomas A. DiPrete (tad61@columbia.edu), 601B Knox Hall, Columbia University, 606 W. 122nd St., New York, NY 10027. AbstractUsing data from the 2006 General Social Survey, we compare levels of segregation by race and along other dimensions of potential social cleavage in the contemporary United States.Americans are not as isolated as the most extreme recent estimates suggest. However, hopes that "bridging" social capital is more common in broader acquaintanceship networks than in core networks are not supported by the GSS data. Instead, the entire acquaintanceship network is perceived by Americans to be about as segregated as the much smaller network of close ties. People do not always know the religiosity, political ideology, family behaviors, or socioeconomic status of their acquaintances, but perceived social divisions on these dimensions are high and in some cases rival the extent of racial segregation in acquaintanceship networks.The major challenge to social integration today comes less from the risk of social isolation than from the tendency of many Americans to isolate themselves from others who differ on race, political ideology, level of religiosity, and other salient aspects of social identity.

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“…The study of contact with others and contact intervention among ethnic minorities is therefore perhaps one fruitful way to find out more about what creates trust, and how trust is created. Most research on race and ethnicity in relation to social capital tells a depressing story of low and declining trust within these groups (Alesina & La Ferrara, 2000, 2002Coffe & Geys, 2006;Costa & Kahn, 2003;Delhey & Newton, 2005). Also, interaction between different racial and ethnic groups does not seem to have significant effects on generalized trust.…”

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