Assessing the Impact of Social Capital and Trust on Active Citizenship in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6213882 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michelle V Esau (0000-0002-1789-099X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 381-402 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politikon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-9346 • E-ISSN: 1470-1014 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02589341003600197 |
| OpenAlex | W2068053022 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
The neo-liberal model of democracy emphasizes the importance of ordinary citizens engaging the state on issues affecting their day-to-day lives. In this regard the South African state introduced structures and institutions to facilitate engagements with ordinary citizens. The effectiveness of these institutions and structures, however, is influenced by a number of variables. Amongst other things, social capital is considered a key element to facilitating engagement between the state and citizens. In fact the South African state specifically invested in nurturing social capital in disadvantaged and marginalized communities through the introduction of structures such as ward committees. These committees were designed to act as agencies between the state and local communities through the activities of sector representatives and ward councillors. However, various political and social factors rendered the intentions of the ward committees dysfunctional in certain cases. It is in this context that the paper furthers the examination of the relationship of social capital and trust on active citizenship. It concludes that communities with social capital and trust were more active at exercising their citizenship than communities where social capital and trust is low. However, the results also suggest that trust is a more influential variable than social capital
Active citizenship · Citizenship · Civic engagement · Context (archaeology · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Financial capital · Human capital · Individual capital · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social capital · Social citizenship · Social reproduction · Sociology · State (computer science · Community Health and Development · Law · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Capital and Networks
Social Capital and Poor Communities (Ford Foundation Series on Asset Building)
Democracies in Flux
Contextualizing Social Capital, Citizen Participation and Poverty through an Examination of the Ward Committee Systemin Bonteheuwel in the Western Cape, South Africa
Trust
Social capital and economic development
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |