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Civic decline or civic shift? = social capital in Italy /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Civic decline or civic shift?/ edited by Paola Bordandini.
Reminder of title:	social capital in Italy /
other author:	Bordandini, Paola.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland : : 2025.,
Description:	x, 198 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Democracy - Italy. -
Subject:	Italy - History - 15th century. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-14753-0
ISBN:	9783032147530

Civic decline or civic shift? = social capital in Italy /
Civic decline or civic shift?social capital in Italy /[electronic resource] :edited by Paola Bordandini. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - x, 198 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Social capital and civic culture in Italy -- Chapter 3: Social participation and non-profit organisations -- Chapter 4: Recreational and cultural participation -- Chapter 5: 4. Political participation and social capital -- Chapter 6: Blood donations -- Chapter 7: A geography of social capital in Italy 2008-2022 -- Chapter 8: Social capital, GDP and quality of services -- Chapter 9: Cohesion and social capital -- Chapter 10: Social sustainability and social capital -- Chapter 11: Conclusions.

Open access.

This open access book offers a critical and empirically grounded re-examination of social capital and civic engagement in Italy, thirty years after the seminal Making Democracy Work (Putnam et al., 1993). Moving beyond the classical North-South regional divide, it introduces a new province-level civic map, built on original indicators for four key years-2008, 2013, 2018, and 2022-and shaped by the impact of three major crises: the global financial downturn, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a prolonged phase of political instability. Through a multidimensional and methodologically transparent index of social capital, the volume reveals an evolving civic landscape where long-held assumptions no longer apply. It documents a growing decoupling between political and social participation: many individuals actively contribute to associations and volunteer networks, yet increasingly disengage from electoral politics. This divergence signals a transformation in the relationship between citizens, institutions, and democratic life. The book provides a comprehensive account of civic change in contemporary Italy. By combining territorial analysis, institutional performance indicators, and sociopolitical theory, it advances our understanding of how social capital evolves under systemic stress. Its province-level dataset offers a replicable framework for comparative research across multi-level democracies. This is essential reading for students and scholars of Italian politics, democratic theory, and subnational governance, as well as for comparative political scientists, sociologists of civil society, public administration researchers, and regional development experts. It will also interest policy analysts and international institutions working on civic resilience, institutional trust, and spatial dimensions of participation. Paola Bordandini is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna, Italy. Her research interests include political culture, social capital, trust, and the transformation of political parties. She served as field co-director for the sixth round of the European Social Survey in Italy (2013-2014). At present, she directs the research program "Italian National Party Delegates" at the Aldo Di Virgilio Observatory on Political Parties at the University of Bologna. She is also local coordinator for the PRIN project Italian Parties Digitalization - IPAD and coordinates the project "Social Capital and Social Sustainability" (Spoke 8, PE9 GRINS), funded under Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Next Generation EU).

ISBN: 9783032147530

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-032-14753-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1502846
Democracy
--Italy.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

800725
Italy
--History--15th century.

LC Class. No.: JN5593

Dewey Class. No.: 306.20945

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