Abstract Inequalities in social capital are accepted today as important aspects of social and economic prosperity. This analysis utilizes global comparative data from the International Social Survey Program and finds substantial variation in the three types of social capital across social classes, in a cross-country perspective as well as among two types of societies, 10 high-trust and 13 low-trust societies. Social capitals show significant correlation with economic and social prosperity outcomes as well. The authors find that in more prosperous countries there is an abundance of bridging and linking social capital, whereas people in economically and socially less prosperous societies rely more on bonding social capital. The authors also present evidence on the class-related inequalities of social capitals: More advantageous class positions are associated with higher levels of bridging and linking social capital, whereas the lower classes hold higher levels of bonding social capital. Based on a multilevel analysis that brings together all of these aspects as well as a number of individual-level predictors, they conclude that their initial findings are reinforced with only minor exceptions.

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高信任和低信任社会中的社会资本、社会阶层和繁荣

摘要 今天，社会资本的不平等被认为是社会和经济繁荣的重要方面。该分析利用来自国际社会调查计划的全球比较数据，发现不同社会阶层的三类社会资本、跨国视角以及两类社会（10 个高信任度和 13 个低信任度）之间存在显着差异。信任社会。社会资本也与经济和社会繁荣成果显着相关。作者发现，在更繁荣的国家，有大量的桥梁和连接社会资本，而在经济和社会不太繁荣的社会中，人们更多地依赖于结合社会资本。作者还提供了关于社会资本与阶级相关的不平等的证据：更有利的阶级地位与更高水平的桥梁和联系社会资本相关，而较低的阶级拥有更高水平的社会资本。基于将所有这些方面以及许多个体水平预测因素结合在一起的多层次分析，他们得出结论，他们的初步发现得到了加强，只有少数例外。