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Collective Social Capital and Its Effect on Community Participation: A Multilevel Analysis

Author 1: Huang Ronggui,Department of Sociology,Fudan University; Author 2: Gui Yong,Department of Sociology,Fudan University)   

  1. Author 1: Huang Ronggui,Department of Sociology,Fudan University; Author 2: Gui Yong,Department of Sociology,Fudan University
  • Online:2011-11-20 Published:2011-11-20
  • Contact: Huang Ronggui,Department of Sociology,Fudan University E-mail:rghuang@fudan.edu.cn
  • About author:黄荣贵复旦大学社会学系(Author 1: Huang Ronggui,Department of Sociology,Fudan University)Email:rghuang@fudan.edu.cn; 作者2:桂勇复旦大学社会学系(Author 2: Gui Yong,Department of Sociology,Fudan University)
  • Supported by:

    This paper is supported by the key project of Ministry of Education's Philosophy and Social Sciences Foundation, titled “Study of Social Classes in Contemporary China (08JZD002)” and by the “985 Project” of Fudan University, “Advancing Social Sciences Studies, Phase III”, the study of which is titled “Institutional Change, Transformation of Class Structure and Social Building in Contemporary China”.

Abstract:

 Consequences of social capital is an important issue in social capital research. Current studies suggest that collective social capital of urban communities in China facilitates residents’ community participation. This paper argues that the multidimensional nature of both social capital and community participation may not guarantee the unidirectionality of the relationship of the two. Multilevel logistic analysis of the survey datacollected in Shanghai from 2006 to 2007 confirms a complex relationship between collective social capital and three types of community participation (contentious, institutional, and public community participation). Moreover, the multilevel logistic models demonstrate that more than 60 percent of neighborhoodlevel variance can be explained by collective social capital, which means that. community participation is influenced not only by the residents’ personal characteristics but also by their neighborhood characteristics.

Key words: Social capital, community participation, contention