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Civic Engagement and Particularized Trust

The Ties that Bind People to their Ethnic Communities

University of Maryland at College Park

Richard S. Conley

University of Florida

In this article, we argue that not all social connections contribute to social capital as most people have conceived it. People with strong ethnic identifications and who associate primarily with people of their own kind either will withdraw from civic participation or will belong only to organizations made up of their own nationality. People with looser ties to their in-group are more likely to take an active role in the larger society. We show the importance of acculturation on broader dimensions of civic engagement by analyzing a Los Angeles Times survey of ethnic Chinese in Southern California in 1997.

Key Words: trust • civic engagement • participation • immigrants

American Politics Research, Vol. 31, No. 4, 331-360 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X03031004001


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