Voluntary Associations and Democratic Attitudes: Value Congruence as a Causal Mechanism
Voluntary Associations and Democratic Attitudes: Value Congruence as a Causal Mechanism
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志愿协会和民主态度：价值一致性作为因果机制
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2003
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M. Hooghe
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M. Hooghe
在最近关于社会资本的大多数研究中，观察到志愿协会的成员资格与坚持民主价值模式之间存在正相关关系。然而，我们可以获得的研究结果很少，这可以解释的因果机制，是负责这种正相关性。两个模型似乎主导了当前关于社会资本的文献（见Stolle本卷）。一些作者显然依赖于一种社会化逻辑：由于与他人的互动，自愿协会的成员被社会化为更民主、更社会化的价值模式。随后，这些积极的态度被转移到整个社会：成员不仅学会信任他们的同胞，而且他们还发展了对其他公民的普遍信任。在这种观点下，志愿协会或其他社会环境就像托克维尔所说的那样，起到了民主学习学校的作用，普特南（Putnam，1995，第666页）回应了这一观点，他说：“因果关系主要是从加入到信任。”
In most of the recent research on social capital, a positive correlation is observed between membership of voluntary associations and the adherence to democratic value patterns. However, we have access to few research results, which could explain the causal mechanism that is responsible for this positive correlation. Two models seem to predominate the current literature on social capital (see Stolle this volume). Some authors clearly rely on a socialization logic: Because of the interaction with others, members of voluntary associations are socialized into more democratic and more social value patterns. Subsequently, these positive attitudes are transferred to society as a whole: Members do not only learn to trust their fellow members, but they also develop a generalized trust in other citizens. In this view, voluntary associations or other societal contexts function as learning schools for democracy, as de Tocqueville called it. Putnam (1995, 666) echoes this view when he states: “the causation flows mainly from joining to trusting.”