Gender and social capital / edited by Brenda O'Neill and Elisabeth Gidengil.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Removing rose colored glasses : examining theories of social capital through a gendered lens / by Elisabeth Gidengil and Brenda O'Neill -- Just communities : social capital, gender and culture / by Barbara Arneil -- The gender gap reversed : political consumerism as a women-friendly form of civic and political engagement / by Dietlind Stolle and Michele Micheletti -- Gendering social capital : bowling in women's leagues? / by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart -- Acting from the heart : values, social capital, and women involvement in interfaith and environmental organizations / by Amy Caiazza and Barbara Gault -- Conceptualizing social capital in relation to children and young people : is it different for girls? / by Virginia Morrow -- Gender, social capital, and politics / by Virginia Sapiro -- Canadian women's religious volunteerism : compassion, connections, and comparisons / by Brenda O'Neill -- It's not what you've got, but what you do with it : women, social capital, and political participation / by Vivien Lowndes -- Gender, knowledge, and social capital / by Elisabeth Gidengil ... [et al.] -- Gender-role orientations and the conversion of social capital into political engagement / by Joanna Everitt -- Persuasion and perception : new models of network effects on gendered issues / by Bonnie Erickson -- Changing agendas : the impact of feminism on American politics / by Kristin A. Goss and Theda Skocpol -- Are women legislators accountable to women? : the complementary roles of feminist identity and women's organizations / by Susan J. Carroll -- Gender, social capital, and political engagement : findings and future directions / by Elisabeth Gidengil and Brenda O'Neill.

"Since the publication of Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone, there has been much scholarly literature devoted to the concept of social capital. However, only a small portion of that literature is devoted to its relationship with gender. In Gender and Social Capital, leading scholars-including Pippa Norris, Ron Inglehart, and Theda Skocpol-provide an in-depth analysis of two fundamental and hitherto neglected questions: What can gender tell us about social capital? And what can social capital tell us about women and politics? Gender and Social Capital is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between gender and civic engagement."--Publisher description.

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