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Title: Social Capital: Unions and Churches


1
Social Capital Unions and Churches
  • Mark Stephan
  • Political Behavior
  • PS 417

2
Last class and this class
  • Social Capital what is it?
  • Measuring social capital
  • A few more bits on social capital..
  • Declines worldwide in union membership and
    religiosity?
  • Unions, churches, and participation

3
Where we left offResults
  • Development and social capital
  • Correlation and causation.hammering on the point
  • Political Culture

4
News Flash!!
  • Social Capital, the US Senate, and the filibuster
    which side is messing things up?
  • Secretary Rice is in Central Europe talking
    about Belarus.
  • Ecuadorian President pushed out of office

5
Social capital Churches and Unions
  • How do these traditional institutions influence
    civic engagement directly or indirectly?
  • Interesting example African-American Churches

6
Union decline?
  • Theoretical reasons for decline?
  • Trends and patterns pages 174 and 175
  • Critical thinking exercise (union density and
    social capital) pages 152, 174
  • Western Europe
  • Implications for theory

7
Declines in Religiosity?
  • Measuring religiosity
  • Trends in developed countries over the last
    hundred years?
  • Religiosity and human development
  • Exception?

8
Influences on Participation
  • What influence does religious attendance or union
    membership have on political actions such as
    voting, party activism, civic activism, and
    protest activism?
  • Off-beat result religiosity and protest activism
    (why?)

9
Last week of classes!!!
  • Get fully caught up on the readings!!
  • Papers returned next week
  • Study guide given out next week
  • Exam on May 3rd 100-300
  • Essays and long answer questions
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