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“Bowling Together” isn’t a Cure-All: The Relationship between Social Capital and Political Trust in South Korea:
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In this article, the authors examined the relationship between social capital and political trust in South Korea and found that both associational involvement and social trust were negatively related to trust in political institutions and commitment to voting.Abstract:
While the social capital theory, popularized by Putnam, expects that associational life and social trust promote civic participation in political processes, some studies have demonstrated weak associations between social capital and political engagement. By applying these arguments of the limited impact of social capital, this study examines the relationship between social capital and political trust in South Korea. Survey data were analysed and it was found that both associational involvement and social trust were negatively related to trust in political institutions and commitment to voting. Furthermore, these negative relationships were mediated by citizen perceptions of poor institutional performance such as political corruption, suggesting that institutional performance is a crucial determinant of political engagement.read more
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Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community
TL;DR: As an example of how the current "war on terrorism" could generate a durable civic renewal, Putnam points to the burst in civic practices that occurred during and after World War II, which he says "permanently marked" the generation that lived through it and had a "terrific effect on American public life over the last half-century."
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Why people don't trust government
TL;DR: Nye, Nye, and Neustadt as mentioned in this paper discussed the scope and performance of government and the evolving scope of government in the U.S. and found that the public lost faith in government.
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The State and Social Capital: An Institutional Theory of Generalized Trust
Bo Rothstein,Dietlind Stolle +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that trust thrives most in societies with effective, impartial and fair street-level bureaucracies, and present the causal mechanism between these institutional characteristics and generalized trust, and illustrates its validity in a crossnational context.
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Public Trust in Government in Japan and South Korea: Does the Rise of Critical Citizens Matter?
TL;DR: Based on the Asia Barometer Survey of 2003, 2004, and 2006, government performance, citizen empowerment, and citizen satisfaction with self-expression values are associated with public trust in government in Japan and South Korea.
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