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100	1		_aSCHNEIDER, Mark _917759
245	1	0	_aInstitutional Arrangements and the Creation of Social Capital : _bThe Effects of Public School Choice
260			_aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _cMarch 1997
520	3		_aWhile the possible decline in the level of social capital in the United States has received considerable attention by scholars such as Putnam and Fukuyama, less attention has been paid to the local activities of citizens that help define a nation's stock of social capital. Scholars have paid even less attention to how institutional arrangements affect levels of social capital. We argue that giving parents greater choice over the public schools their children attend creates incentives for parents as "citizen/consumers" to engage in activities that build social capital. Our empirical analysis employs a quai-experimental approach comparing parental behavior in two pairs of demographically similar school districts that vary on the degree of parental choice over the schools their children attend. Our data show that, controlling for many other factors, parents who choose when given the opportunity are higher on all the indicators of social capital analyzed. Fukuyama has argued that it is easier for governments to decrease social capital than to increase it. We argue, however, that the design of government institutions can creat incentives for individuals to engage in activities that increase social capital
700	1		_aTESKE, Paul _910601
700	1		_aMARSCHALL, Melissa _929949
700	1		_aMINTROM, Michael _921277
700	1		_aROCH, Christine _923729
773	0	8	_tAmerican Political Science Review _g91, 1, p. 82-93 _dNew York, NY : Cambridge University Press, March 1997 _xISSN 0003-0554 _w
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