The Ties that Bind
Social Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Isabel Auger, Jose Manuel Cordero, Miguel Gutierrez Saxe, Dieter Konig, Hans D. Kruz - Resident Representative (UNDP, Costa Rica), Jose Andres Masis, Sandra Piszki, Helio Fallas - Coordinator, Manuel Barahona, Adelaidi Chaverri, Erick Hess, Isabel Roman, Isabel Vega, Jose Andres Masis, Celedonio Ramirez, Jorge Mora, Gabriel Macaya. 2009. The Ties that Bind: Social Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina. New York.
The Ties that Bind
Social Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Posted on: January 01, 2009
The report delves into the positive and negative effects of social capital for broader processes of democratisation and social cohesion. The research examines membership of clubs, societies, organisations and associations in BiH, or ‘associational life.’ On the positive side, civil society is observed as providing the basis for more bridging and diverse social ties and, as such, is more inclusive. Strengthening associational life in BiH would help to overcome some of the more significant social cleavages. In contrast, the report also looks at the downside of a society so strongly based on family networks and the potential for those networks to produce and reproduce inequalities through nepotism, clientelism and cronyism.