PO110 Study Guide - Unum, Ethnocentrism, Social Capital
Document Summary
A stock of accumulated goods especially at a specified time and in contrast to income received during specified periods; Features of social life networks, norms, and trust that enable participants to act together more effectively to pursue shared objectives social connections and the attendant norms and trust. Decline in various forms of political participations including voter turnout. The less you go alone, the less you trust people. If you bowl in a league you have social capital, if you bowl alone you don"t. More social capital in less diverse communities, less social capital in more diverse communities. Contact you end up with people who are around you, you have to engage with the people around you. Conflict clique conflicts, you stay with your group because you know and understand them, and you push other groups away. Ethnic diversity is, on balance, an important social asset
