NUTR 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Francis Fukuyama, Robert D. Putnam, Liberal Democracy
8 Aug 2018
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Two influential scholars who have made arguments connecting social capital, civil society, and liberal democracy. Robert putnam (harvard political scientist) & francis fukuyama (stanford political scientist) Interpersonal cooperation : social capital is made up of instantiated informal norms that promote cooperation between individuals civil society, which is seen as a necessary condition for modern liberal democracy . Liberal civil society : an abundant stock of social capital is presumably what produces a dense. Social capital is conditioned to achieve liberal democracy. Outcome = social capital generates both a private good and a public good . No binary between private and public collection of private and public. Trust as a key social ingredient for collective action based on mutual benefit. Ex: based on trust people build solidarity. Assumption : the more connected with other people, the more we trust (networks and trust), the higher is societal collaboration (democracy) Voluntary associations = avenue for face-to-face interaction.
