Civic and social surveys and community efficiency

Public Discourse, Community Concerns, and Civic Engagement: Exploring Black Social Networking Traditions on BlackPlanet.com

This study explores community life on a black social network site, BlackPlanet, to see whether and how participants engage in public discussions; if these discussions center on issues considered to be critical to the black community; and if so, the extent to which participants’ online networks are used to foster some level of civic engagement. Participation analysis, content analysis, and a the...

Civic Engagement, Social Cohesion and Social Integration in Toronto, Canada

Civic journalism meets civic social science: foregrounding social determinants in health coverage

Many of the intricacies of health feature regularly in news reports depicting, medical practices, specific diseases, breakthroughs in treatment, and lifestyle-orientated interventions. Despite social scientists also demonstrating the importance of economic prosperity, community cohesion, stress, material hardship and stigma for health, such social determinants are often absent from health news....

community-based management, improving social capital and sustainable rural development

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Civic Community, Political Participation and Political Trust of Ethnic Groups1

fortcoming. Multikulturelle Demokratien im Vergleich. Opladen. 2 Department of Political Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Oude Zijds Achterburgwal 237. Email: [email protected] 3 We would like to thank the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NIAS) that gave us a chance to finish this paper as part of a joint research plan that will hopefully...