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Park, Sangyoub. "From Bowling Alone To Lattes Together: A Reinvestigation of the Alleged Decline of Social Capital in the U.S." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 10, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104570_index.html>

Park, S. , 2006-08-10 "From Bowling Alone To Lattes Together: A Reinvestigation of the Alleged Decline of Social Capital in the U.S." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104570_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Why there is confounding evidence concerning trends in American social capital? Partly it is because the link between the theoretical definition of social capital and its measurement is tenuous. In this study I develop a new measure of social capital, which is consistent with its theoretical definition. The new measure of social capital includes four dimensions. This research reinvestigates trends in social capital in American society. I examine trends in four dimensions of social capital, respectively. I explore the overall social capital trend (i.e., the combination of four dimensions). Further, I investigate trends in social capital by different sets of cohorts: GI Generation, Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, and Generation X and Beyond. For the analysis, data from the General Social Survey between 1972 and 2002 was employed. Structural equation modeling confirms that social capital contain four dimensions: trust in individuals, trust in institutions, social connectedness, and social tolerance. The findings suggest that four components of social capital show different trends. More importantly, unlike widespread belief of declining social capital, the overall social capital pattern indicates a sign of improvement and younger generations are not consumers of social capital. Finally, I propose an alternative explanation, Lattes Together, why social capital is not declining in the U.S.

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