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AN EXAMINATION OF THE BELGIAN GENERAL ELECTIONS OF 21 MAY 1995 REVEALS RESULTS FAR DIFFERENT FROM WHAT MANY EXPECTED. THE SOCIALISTS, DESPITE THEIR CORRUPTION SCANDALS, MAINTAINED ELECTORAL SUPPORT. THE GREENS, HOWEVER, (BOTH THE FRENCH SPEAKING ECOLO AND THE DUTCH SPEAKING AGALEV) EXPERIENCED THEIR FIRST ELECTORAL LOSS SINCE THEIR EMERGENCE IN THE LATE 1970'S. THESE RESULTS ARE NOT SO SURPRISING WHEN SEEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE POLITICAL RESHUFFLE WHICH BEGAN IN 1991. THE FUTURE WILL LIKELY SEE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FUNDAMENTAL POLITICAL CHANGE FOR SOME TIME TO COME.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Generating Social Capital -- 2 The Sources of Social Capital -- 3 Democracy in France: Do Associations Matter? -- 4 The Importance of Passive Membership for Social Capital Formation -- 5 Voluntary Associations and Democratic Attitudes: Value Congruence as a Causal Mechanism -- 6 Associations or Informal Networks? Social Capital and Local Development Practices -- 7 Rain or Fog? An Empirical Examination of Social Capital's Rainmaker Effects -- 8 A Tale of Two Cities: Local Patterns of Social Capital -- 9 Trust, Democracy and Governance: Can Government Policies Influence Generalized Trust? -- 10 Social Capital, Impartiality and the Welfare State: An Institutional Approach -- 11 Institutions and Their Impact on Social Capital and Civic Culture: The Case of Italy -- 12 Conclusion: The Sources of Social Capital Reconsidered -- About the Authors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.