Social Capital: Unions and Churches

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Social Capital Unions and Churches

• Mark Stephan
• Political Behavior
• PS 417

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Last class and this class

• Social Capital what is it?
• Measuring social capital
• A few more bits on social capital..
• Declines worldwide in union membership and
  religiosity?
• Unions, churches, and participation

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Where we left offResults

• Development and social capital
• Correlation and causation.hammering on the point
• Political Culture

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News Flash!!

• Social Capital, the US Senate, and the filibuster
  which side is messing things up?
• Secretary Rice is in Central Europe talking
  about Belarus.
• Ecuadorian President pushed out of office

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Social capital Churches and Unions

• How do these traditional institutions influence
  civic engagement directly or indirectly?
• Interesting example African-American Churches

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Union decline?

• Theoretical reasons for decline?
• Trends and patterns pages 174 and 175
• Critical thinking exercise (union density and
  social capital) pages 152, 174
• Western Europe
• Implications for theory

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Declines in Religiosity?

• Measuring religiosity
• Trends in developed countries over the last
  hundred years?
• Religiosity and human development
• Exception?

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Influences on Participation

• What influence does religious attendance or union
  membership have on political actions such as
  voting, party activism, civic activism, and
  protest activism?
• Off-beat result religiosity and protest activism
  (why?)

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Last week of classes!!!

• Get fully caught up on the readings!!
• Papers returned next week
• Study guide given out next week
• Exam on May 3rd 100-300
• Essays and long answer questions