Bonding alone: Familism, religion, and secular civic participation

Warriors Don’t Bowl Alone: Military Service and Civic Participation

Without much evidence, experts on social capital have dismissed the importance of military service on social capital accumulation. We present evidence from the National Survey of Families and Households (Wave 1: 1987-188) that sharply contradicts these claims. Using an index of civic participation calculated from time spent in activities of civic organizations, we find that veterans have signif...

Secular mobilization? The evolving effects of religion on Canadian civic engagement, 1982-2001

Civic Participation and Empowerment through Visualization

This article elaborates on the use of data visualization to promote civic participation and democratic engagement. The power and potential of data visualization is examined through a brief historical overview and four interconnected themes that provide new opportunities for electronic participation research: data storytelling, infographics, data physicalization, and quantified self. The goal is...

sociological factors effective in women’s civic participation

with respect to the importance of civic participation as the main index of social development, this research aims at studying the rate of female civic participation, and its categories, according to the conceptual apparatus of putnam. the research was carried out by means of a survey, using a questionnaire; during which 370 women, aged 18 to 45 years old, from aleshtar, were interviewed. findin...

Why religion deserves a place in secular medicine.

As a science and practice transcending metaphysical and ethical disagreements, 'secular' medicine should not exist. 'Secularity' should be understood in an Augustinian sense, not a secularist one: not as a space that is universally rational because it is religion-free, but as a forum for the negotiation of rival reasonings. Religion deserves a place here, because it is not simply or uniquely ir...