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3.2 - Workshop on Social Capital and Democracy in Europe and the USA
3.2 Workshop on Social Capital and Democracy in Europe and the USA
When and where: 27-28 October 2006, Madrid (Spain)
Organizing Institution: Analistas Socio-Políticos Research Center, Madrid
The workshop gathered senior scholars within the area of social capital to discuss in depth differences between EU and US models and to understanding the relationship between social capital and democracy.
The workshop was organized in three sessions: I. Social capital: inclusion and exclusion, II. Politics and civil society, and III. Civil society and democratic governance.
Contact: Víctor Pérez-Díaz, ASP Research
ASP Research Center, Madrid
Analistas Socio Políticos (Socio-Political Analysts), ASP Research Center, is a private, independent research institute of social sciences located in Madrid (Spain), founded (1993) and directed by Víctor Pérez-Díaz , Ph.D.in Sociology from Harvard University and Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University in Madrid. ASP is devoted to the study of problems concerning the relationships between the market economy, liberal democracy and civil society in the modern world. Its focus is on how the challenges and opportunities arising as a consequence of the current processes of change, and of change in the scale of the problems (globalization, the European construction), affect business and voluntary associations, politics, public policies and the development of a public space particularly at three levels: at the national level, the European level and the level of the transatlantic community.
ASP carries out activities of research, publication, consulting for public and private institutions, and provides research training for Ph.D. candidates. ASP collaborates with research centers, foundations and academics of national and international standing. Its activities have been sponsored by a variety of international and Spanish institutions, of both public and private character, for profit as well as non profit organizations.
Analistas Socio Políticos (Socio-Political Analysts), ASP Research Center, is a private, independent research institute of social sciences located in Madrid (Spain), founded (1993) and directed by Víctor Pérez-Díaz , Ph.D.in Sociology from Harvard University and Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University in Madrid. ASP is devoted to the study of problems concerning the relationships between the market economy, liberal democracy and civil society in the modern world. Its focus is on how the challenges and opportunities arising as a consequence of the current processes of change, and of change in the scale of the problems (globalization, the European construction), affect business and voluntary associations, politics, public policies and the development of a public space particularly at three levels: at the national level, the European level and the level of the transatlantic community.
ASP carries out activities of research, publication, consulting for public and private institutions, and provides research training for Ph.D. candidates. ASP collaborates with research centers, foundations and academics of national and international standing. Its activities have been sponsored by a variety of international and Spanish institutions, of both public and private character, for profit as well as non profit organizations.
The European programme in Civil Society Leadership