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_bPUT/M
245 0 _aMaking democracy work/
_bcivic traditions in modern Italy
_cPutnam,Robert D.
250 _a1st.ed.
260 _aNew jersey:
_bPrinceton university press,
_c1992.
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505 _aChapter 1 Introduction: Studying Institutional Performance A Voyage of Inquiry Charting the Voyage Methods of Inquiry Overview of the Book Chapter 2 Changing the Rules: Two Decades of Institutional Development Creating Regional Government The Regional Political Elite: "A New V/ay of Doing Politics" The Deepening of Regional Autonomy Putting Down Roots: The Region and its Constituents Conclusions Chapter 3 Measuring Institutional Performance Twelve Indicators of Institutional Performance Coherence and Reliability of the Index of Institutional Performance Institutional Performance and Constituency Evaluations Conclusions Chapter 4 Explaining Institutional Performance Socioeconomic Modernity The Civic Community: Some Theoretical Speculations The Civic Community: Testing the Theory Social and Political Life in the Civic Community Other Explanations for Institutional Success? Chapter 5 Tracing the Roots of the Civic Community The Civic Legacies of Medieval Italy Civic Traditions After Unification Measuring the Durability of Civic Traditions Economic Development and Civic Traditions Chapter 6 Social Capital and Institutional Success Dilemmas of Collective Action Social Capital, Trust, and Rotating Credit Associations Norms of Reciprocity and Netyvorks of Civic Engagement History and Institutional Performance: Two Social Equilibria Lessons from the Italian Regional Experiment
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