Social capital, migration, ethnic diversity and economic performance: multidisciplinary evidence from South-East Europe

In: Interdisciplinary studies on Central and Eastern Europe Vol. 20

Abstract

This interdisciplinary book presents empirical evidence that social capital is an important building block in the reintegration processes, migration challenges and economic dynamism of the SEE communities. Such a conclusion opposes the common belief that (re)establishing social relations in a post-ethnic conflict environment is very difficult. In these societies, trust in people and institutions remains low, but it is often replaced with other forms of sical capital emerging on a daily basis, within and between different population strata, either formally but often informally--back cover