PSC 436 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: September 11 Attacks, Social Capital
5 Nov 2017
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Social capital and participation in latin america. Return of democracy -> expect more participation. Latin america military regimes put down participative cultures. Features of social life--networks, norms, and trust--that enable participants to act. Latin america: together to pursue shared objectives. Analysis: focuses on protest activity and social organizations, does not consider electoral participation. Resources and values are not strongly related, but there is a stronger relationship between political interest and participation. Interpersonal trust and nonpolitical activism positive significant relationships. Social networking less important--putnam"s thesis is supported. Those who are prone to joining organizations will do so across many types of collective. Post 9/11 generation: effort civic engagement as well who were at an impressionable age when the 9/11 attacks happened. Increase in political interest of young people occurred after 9/11, caused a rise in. 9/11 caused a reversal of the civic decline shown from 1967-2000 among those.
