Diverse communities

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 13
1 Social capital, justice and diversity: an
introduction......Page 15
Social capital: definitions......Page 17
The American school of social capital: Tocqueville, Coleman and Putnam......Page 18
The European school of social capital: a critical perspective......Page 21
The past, present and future: the challenge of justice
and diversity......Page 24
2 The Progressive Era: past paradise?......Page 29
Gender exclusion: maternalism versus fraternalism......Page 31
Cultural exclusion and assimilation......Page 34
Projects: Americanization through social welfare
and education......Page 39
The settlement house: social welfare project......Page 40
The kindergarten: educational project......Page 43
‘Progress’ and the control of populations: civil society,
eugenics and immigration controls......Page 46
Self-advocacy: cultural minorities, own associations
and projects......Page 49
Conclusions......Page 52
3 The present malaise in civic participation:
empirical and normative dimensions......Page 55
The eleven female civic associations......Page 56
The first six: traditional women’s associations......Page 58
The PTA: new challenges......Page 63
The Women’s Bowling Congress: a window into female athletics......Page 66
Hadassah: the rise of identity and advocacy politics......Page 74
Moose (Women): one solution to the time crunch......Page 92
Girl Scouts: a success story......Page 94
Beyond the eleven associations: new kinds
of civic participation......Page 99
Conclusions: normative and empirical dimensions
of the ‘decline’ in civic participation......Page 102
4 The causes of ‘decline’ in social capital theory......Page 106
Dual-career families: is part-time work the answer?......Page 107
Generational differences: decline or change?......Page 114
The role of television: is this the smoking gun?......Page 121
Methodological questions......Page 128
Conclusions......Page 135
5 Civic trust and shared norms......Page 138
Two empirical dimensions of civic trust: decline and gap......Page 140
Civic trust: its role in social capital theory......Page 142
Civic participation and civic trust: serving ‘self-interest
rightly understood’......Page 143
Civic trust, shared norms and civic unity......Page 148
Civic trust versus civic distrust: normative dimensions......Page 154
An alternative causal theory for the decline and the gap
in civic trust......Page 158
Mediated political duplicity and civic trust......Page 160
Economic turbulence and civic trust......Page 164
Culture wars and civic trust......Page 166
Conclusions......Page 173
6 Beyond Bowling Alone: social capital in
twenty-first-century America......Page 177
Spiritual capital: Christianity as the engine
for civic revival?......Page 178
The role of the Church in America......Page 180
Christianity, women and cultural minorities......Page 182
The growing evangelical Church......Page 185
Cultural diversity versus social capital: is bridging
capital the answer?......Page 191
The impact of 9/11: national interest and social capital......Page 196
Social capital and the Bush administration’s
domestic agenda......Page 199
USA Freedom Corps......Page 200
Faith-based initiatives......Page 205
Conclusions......Page 211
7 Justice in diverse communities: lessons
for the future......Page 214
A summary of the past and present: lessons learned......Page 216
The key lesson learned......Page 223
Looking to the future: the principles of a just community......Page 224
Justice in diverse communities: is social capital the
means to this end?......Page 237
The ‘capital’ of social capital: the ‘science’ of community building......Page 238
The ‘social’ of social capital: the dangers of neo-republicanism
and nostalgia......Page 244
Conclusions......Page 252
References......Page 255
Index......Page 271