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Social Capital and the Number of Governments within a County: A Potential Problem with Social Capital

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  • Matthew Moore
  • Nicholas Recker

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Social capital has been demonstrated to be a benefit to a community in a variety of ways. However, researchers have begun to point out that social capital does have a downside. Communities that use bonding social capital to mobilise residents to action have the potential to exclude outsiders from their communities. The number of governments in a county could be used as an indicator of bonding social capital within a region. Residents use their local government to create and pass laws that have the potential to exclude others. The current analysis used the number of governments as a proxy for bonding social capital. Findings demonstrate that as the level of bonding social capital (the number of governments) increased the social capital in the county increased. Residents use their bonding social capital to respond to others, which then increases the level of social capital to be able to mobilise in the future.

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  • Matthew Moore & Nicholas Recker, 2015. "Social Capital and the Number of Governments within a County: A Potential Problem with Social Capital," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(6), pages 881-897, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:flgsxx:v:41:y:2015:i:6:p:881-897
    DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2015.1050092
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