Social capital is important toward a community success. Social capital involves the social networks and norms that form connections among individual in a community (Putman, 2000, p. 19). All networks that an individual form whether it is a church, an organization, clubs, or parents and teacher meetings are all forms of social capital (Hay & Kogl, 2007). Therefore, a decline in community networks has been considering a threat to the American political system (Painter & Paxton, 2014). Painter and Paxton (2014) analyzed the declining rate in America social capital. To determine the decline in social capital Painter and Paxton (2014) examined voluntary association membership, active membership, and checkbook membership. The data were gathered
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Son and Lin (2008) examined social capital and it’s resources that are embedded in individual and organizational networks that expressed civic actions. The data was gathered from the 2000 Social Capital Benchmark Survey that was conducted by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. There was a national sample of 3,003 respondents and the community sample consisted of 26,230 respondents from 40 communities from 29 states (Son & Lin, 2008). The data set was cross-sectional. The result showed that an individual social capital had a positive predictor for civic actions in both samples (Son & Lin, 2008). An organizational network was the greatest contributor for express civic action (Son & Lin, 2008). In the national sample, social capital did not facilitate expressive civic actions (Son & Lin, 2008). The community pooled showed that social capital had positive predictors for expressive civic actions (Son & Lin, …show more content…
Anderson (2009) examined whether an individual sense of perception about the importance in a community affects their communities’ influence in politics. According to Anderson (2009) the meaning of sense of community is the feeling that a member has of belonging, a feeling of belonging to one another, and to the group. The sense of community was measured by how it is operationalized by community psychologist (Anderson, 2009). The data was gathered from a telephone survey of 822 individuals in Tallahassee, Florida during October and November 2004. The respondent were 18 years and older and the sense of community was examined in the context of the workplace, church, associations, circle of friends, and neighborhood (Anderson,
Son and Lin (2008) examined social capital and it’s resources that are embedded in individual and organizational networks that expressed civic actions. The data was gathered from the 2000 Social Capital Benchmark Survey that was conducted by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. There was a national sample of 3,003 respondents and the community sample consisted of 26,230 respondents from 40 communities from 29 states (Son & Lin, 2008). The data set was cross-sectional. The result showed that an individual social capital had a positive predictor for civic actions in both samples (Son & Lin, 2008). An organizational network was the greatest contributor for express civic action (Son & Lin, 2008). In the national sample, social capital did not facilitate expressive civic actions (Son & Lin, 2008). The community pooled showed that social capital had positive predictors for expressive civic actions (Son & Lin, …show more content…
Anderson (2009) examined whether an individual sense of perception about the importance in a community affects their communities’ influence in politics. According to Anderson (2009) the meaning of sense of community is the feeling that a member has of belonging, a feeling of belonging to one another, and to the group. The sense of community was measured by how it is operationalized by community psychologist (Anderson, 2009). The data was gathered from a telephone survey of 822 individuals in Tallahassee, Florida during October and November 2004. The respondent were 18 years and older and the sense of community was examined in the context of the workplace, church, associations, circle of friends, and neighborhood (Anderson,