Civil society reconsidered: The durable nature and community structure of collective civic action
Civil society reconsidered: The durable nature and community structure of collective civic action
复制标题
DOI：
10.1086/497351
复制
发表时间：
2005-11-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Weffer-Elizondo, S
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Sampson, RJ;McAdam, D;Weffer-Elizondo, S
本文提出了一个关于公民社会的概念框架，它将对个人的主要关注点转移到公民和抗议等集体行动事件上——将人们聚集在公共场合以实现共同的目标。通过分析 1970 年至 2000 年间芝加哥地区发生的 4,000 多起事件，作者发现，虽然公民参与总体上是持久的，但“六十年代风格”的抗议活动有所减少，而将公众诉求与公民行为形式（他们称之为“混合社会行动”）结合起来的混合事件却有所增加。此外，密集的社会联系、群体成员身份和睦邻交流并不能预测集体行动中的社区差异。相反，非营利组织的密度很重要，这表明传统社会资本的下降对公民能力的影响可能并不像人们普遍认为的那么严重。
This article develops a conceptual framework on civil society that shifts the dominant focus on individuals to collective action events civic and protest alike - that bring people together in public to realize a common purpose. Analyzing over 4,000 events in the Chicago area from 1970 to 2000, the authors find that while civic engagement is durable overall, " sixties- style" protest declines, and hybrid events that combine public claims making with civic forms of behavior what they call " blended social action" - increase. Furthermore, dense social ties, group memberships, and neighborly exchange do not predict community variations in collective action. The density of nonprofit organizations matters instead, suggesting that declines in traditional social capital may not be as consequential for civic capacity as commonly thought.