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Beyond Generalised Trust: Norms of Reciprocity as an Alternative Form of Social Capital in an Assimilationist Integration Regime

Gundelach, Birte, Traunmüller, Richard·2014·Political Studies
DOI 10.1111/1467-9248.12064
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Scholars have recently stressed two important avenues for the study of cultural diversity and social capital: the role of political integration regimes as well as alternative indicators to generalised trust. This article addresses both. Focusing on Germany, it provides the first study of the relationship between cultural diversity and social capital in a country implementing an ‘assimilationist’ model of integration. As a further innovation, the article contrasts social trust with an alternative, yet often neglected form of social capital, namely norms of reciprocity. Results based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and using multi-level analyses of 97 German regions suggest a negative relationship between cultural diversity and social trust in Germany. Assimilationist policies have not (yet) led to efficient integration of minority groups and a value convergence that could bridge cultural divides. Nevertheless, cultural diversity does not erode the commitment to norms of reciprocity, which may therefore be regarded as an alternative foundation of social cohesion in culturally diverse societies.

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  • Evidence to date suggests that civic integration policies are not overcoming exclusionary forms of solidarity.

    “This perhaps explains why the evidence to date suggests that civic integration policies are not overcoming exclusionary forms of solidarity (Goodman & Wright 2015; Gundelach & Traunmüller, 2014).”

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Authors
Gundelach, B., & Traunmüller, R.
Affiliations
  • University of Bern (CH)
  • University of Mannheim (DE)
ORCID
Venue
Political Studies
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2013-08-02
Volume
62
Issue
3
Pages
596-617
ISSN
  • 0032-3217 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9248
DOI
10.1111/1467-9248.12064
OpenAlex
W1589819779
Cited by
58
References
85
Citations by year
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FWCI
19.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Political Studies (publishedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Open Access at Essex (University of Essex) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Capital and Networks
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Social Policy and Reform Studies
Keywords
social capital, social trust, generalized trust, cultural diversity, minority integration, value convergence, social cohesion, Germany

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