Social Capital: A Cradle For Democracy or a Resource for Autocracy? A normative analysis on the role of Social Capital and its relation to Civil Society in democratization
(2010) STVK01 20102Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Social capital is a concept that has gained widespread use and recognition in many academic disciplines. This interest stems from an idea that the social capital produced in the organisations and associations of civil society can be beneficial in the creation and furthering of democratic processes and economic development among many other things. Using normative methods of consequentiality I will examine different theories on the role of social capital and its relation to civil society and democratization in order to be able to make a normative judgment. With the help of various examples I will argue for a neutral original view of the concept and it’s various parts to be able to show that there exists possible “good” and “bad” aspects of... (More)
- Social capital is a concept that has gained widespread use and recognition in many academic disciplines. This interest stems from an idea that the social capital produced in the organisations and associations of civil society can be beneficial in the creation and furthering of democratic processes and economic development among many other things. Using normative methods of consequentiality I will examine different theories on the role of social capital and its relation to civil society and democratization in order to be able to make a normative judgment. With the help of various examples I will argue for a neutral original view of the concept and it’s various parts to be able to show that there exists possible “good” and “bad” aspects of social capital. This judgment will show that the social capital produced in civil society organisations is not always desirable, and that the nature of social capital in turn be either a cradle for democracy or a resource for autocracy, depending on the wider context of the society in question. (Less)
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- author
- Gezelius, Malin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK01 20102
- year
- 2010
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Normative, Trust, Civil Society, Social Capital, Democratization
- language
- English
- id
- 1758284
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