20.500.12556/RUL-147424 Economic crisis and social capital in European societies the role of politics in understanding short-term changes in social capital How did the economic crisis impact social capital in European societies? The empirical studies conducted so far provide contradictory conclusions about the strength and direction of its influence. We argue that to better understand the effects of the economic crisis on social capital (social trust, formal and informal networks) it is crucial to examine both its impact on people's economic situation and the way it reshaped the relationship between individuals and political institutions and altered key political factors (political trust, the welfare state, political activism). Our analysis of European Social Survey data between 2006 and 2012 shows that changes in social trust were smaller than in formal and informal social networks. It also confirms that political factors played an important mediating role in producing these changes: changes in social trust and formal networks can especially be explained by the impact of the political factors, while variations in informal networks are mainly due to the changing economy. Moreover, the analyses show that while the economic crisis generally lowered social capital, some mechanisms such as a sense of togetherness and left-wing political activism, enhanced social capital. economic crisis social capital social networks social trust political trust political activism economic crisis 2008 sociology Europe politično zaupanje politični aktivizem gospodarska kriza 2008 socialni kapital sociologija družbena omrežja Evropa true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2023-07-05 09:40:57 2023-07-05 09:41:00 2023-07-06 03:47:23 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Str. 195-231 no. 2 Vol. 23 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 316.334 1461-6696 10.1080/14616696.2020.1765406 16476419 Economic_crisis_and_social_capital_in_European_societies_the_role_of_politics_in_understanding_short_term_changes_in_social_capital.pdf Economic_crisis_and_social_capital_in_European_societies_the_role_of_politics_in_understanding_short_term_changes_in_social_capital.pdf 1 E7E82FB2CE8059E1DE17E2200314F3FC 82b6fa2fcbbb7238096749b2961bd77517831e5696fc3074a1ba0ff7a4f5818a 0e7fad93-1b07-11ee-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=170994 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14616696.2020.1765406 0 fe3761e6-1b06-11ee-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=170993 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0