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Family Ties and Political Participation

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: We establish an inverse relationship between family ties and political participation, such that the more individuals rely on the family as a provider of services, insurance, and transfer of resources, the lower is one's civic engagement and political participation. We also show that strong family ties appear to be a substitute for generalized trust, rather than a complement to it. These three constructs—civic engagement, political participation, and trust—are part of what is known as social capital; therefore, in this paper, we contribute to the investigation of the origin and evolution of social capital. We establish these results using within-country evidence and looking at the behavior of immigrants from various countries in 32 different destination places.

Source: Journal of the European Economic Association

DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4774.2011.01024.x

Authors: Alberto Alesina, Paola Giuliano

Institutions: Harvard University, Bocconi University, University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Social Capital and Networks

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2060412091

FWCI: 48.56

Cites: 45

Cited by: 312

Related to: 8