Economic crisis and social capital in European societies : the role of politics in understanding short-term changes in social capital

Iglič, Hajdeja (avtor), Rözer, Jesper (avtor), Völker, Beate G. M. (avtor)

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.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: economic crisis, social capital, social networks, social trust, political trust, political activism, economic crisis 2008, sociology, Europe
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2021
• Št. strani: Str. 195-231
• Številčenje: Vol. 23, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-147424
• UDK: 316.334
• ISSN pri članku: 1461-6696
• DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2020.1765406
• COBISS.SI-ID: 16476419
• Datum objave v RUL: 05.07.2023

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: European societies
• Skrajšan naslov: Europ. societies
• Založnik: Taylor & Francis, European Sociological Association
• ISSN: 1461-6696
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2813009

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Najbolj omejujoča licenca Creative Commons. Uporabniki lahko prenesejo in delijo delo v nekomercialne namene in ga ne smejo uporabiti za nobene druge namene.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: politično zaupanje, politični aktivizem, gospodarska kriza 2008, socialni kapital, sociologija, družbena omrežja, Evropa

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0166
• Naslov: Upravljanje omrežij javnega in zasebnega sektorja