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Project

Testing the influence of urbanization on the social capital of individuals using the EU-SILC. A comparison of the Belgian and Spanish case.

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01SM0510

Duration

10 February 2011 → 09 July 2011

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Carl Devos

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Applied sociology

Keywords

modernization urbanization social capital

Project description

In this research proposal the same theoretical model about the effect of urbanization on individual social capital will be tested in two contrasting contexts of urbanization, i.e. Spain and Belgium. The comparison should help us better understand how, in modern society, urbanization influences people's social ties.

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English

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