Social Capital and Political Participation: A Case Study from Rural Bangladesh
Social capital supports toward participating in political activities in democratic countries. This study tries to examine the relation between social capital and political participation in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Sylhet Sadar Upazila (sub-district) of north-eastern Bangl...
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doaj-c0c745c2d8ba4c299203e7f88a3b94982021-09-05T20:44:55ZengSciendoEuropean Review Of Applied Sociology2286-25522017-12-011015546410.1515/eras-2017-0009eras-2017-0009Social Capital and Political Participation: A Case Study from Rural BangladeshSarker Md Masud0Islam Md. Shahidul1Associate Professor, Department of Political Studies, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, BangladeshSenior Assistant Secretary, Research and Development (R&D) Cell, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, and Adjunct Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Social Research (BISR) Trust. BangladeshSocial capital supports toward participating in political activities in democratic countries. This study tries to examine the relation between social capital and political participation in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Sylhet Sadar Upazila (sub-district) of north-eastern Bangladesh. A total of 100 respondents - who are above 23 years of age - were selected by using systematic random sampling technique for a face-to-face interview. Chi-square test and Fisher Exact test were applied to measure the association between social capital dimensions and political participation. The results show that social networks, civic participation, norms of reciprocity and social trusts are significantly associated with political participation in Bangladesh. This result suggests that social capital may have an effect towards an increment of a political participation in Bangladesh.https://doi.org/10.1515/eras-2017-0009social capitalpolitical participationcivic engagementbangladesh |
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Social Capital and Political Participation: A Case Study from Rural Bangladesh |
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Social Capital and Political Participation: A Case Study from Rural Bangladesh |
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Social Capital and Political Participation: A Case Study from Rural Bangladesh |
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Social capital supports toward participating in political activities in democratic countries. This study tries to examine the relation between social capital and political participation in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Sylhet Sadar Upazila (sub-district) of north-eastern Bangladesh. A total of 100 respondents - who are above 23 years of age - were selected by using systematic random sampling technique for a face-to-face interview. Chi-square test and Fisher Exact test were applied to measure the association between social capital dimensions and political participation. The results show that social networks, civic participation, norms of reciprocity and social trusts are significantly associated with political participation in Bangladesh. This result suggests that social capital may have an effect towards an increment of a political participation in Bangladesh. |
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