کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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955945 | 928301 | 2012 | 14 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Social capital has been alleged to increase the capacity for political mobilization. Yet, until now, the empirical debate has not succeeded in rendering a detailed account of the relationships between social capital and political participation partly because of the use of a reductive conception and operationalization of both concepts. Using a multidimensional and relational technique (multiple correspondence analysis) and a detailed youth survey data from Belgium, the article demonstrates that youth draw on diverse forms of social capital and that these forms vary along socio-economic status and ethnic origin. Six classes based on the forms of social capital were identified. Two of them – the ‘Committed’ and ‘Religious’ are highly political active. The ‘Committed’ Class, based on a diversified social capital, consists mainly of non-immigrant youth with a high socio-economic background undertaking a large diversity of political activities. The ‘Religious’ Class, based on a narrow social capital built around religious activities, is mostly composed of ethnic minority youth with a low SES involved in more specific political activities.
► Youth social capital varies along both levels and forms of commitment.
► Six classes based on the forms of social capital were identified.
► Two classes defined as Committed and Religious are highly political active.
► The Committed Class undertakes a large range of manifest and latent political activities.
► The Religious Class is involved in more specific manifest political activities.
Journal: Social Science Research - Volume 41, Issue 5, September 2012, Pages 1213–1226