Social Capital & Trust - mobilization and demobilization in modern democracies
Mateus Meeting 2010 – 15-16 October
Scientific coordination: Prof. Manuel Villaverde Cabral
Programme
15th October
9.15h Welcoming and opening
T. Albuquerque, L. Sousa Lobo, M. Villaverde Cabral
9.30h Panel 1 Opening address
Lester Salamon (Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University)
– “Ten Great Myths of Global Civil Society”
11.00h Coffee break
11.30h Panel 2 Trust and social capital
Tiago Fernandes (FCSH/UNL, University of Notre Dame)
– “The Religious Roots of Civil Society: Western Europe in the Age of Mass Politics, 1870s-1970s”
Francisco Herreros (Institute for Public Goods and Policies-CSIC)
– “The State counts. State efficacy and social trust”
13.00h Lunch
15.00h Panel 3 Associations and movements
João Freire (CIES, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa)
– “Teachers: Betweeen Union and Professional class”
Diego Palacios (Universidad Autónoma, Madrid)
– “Mass petitioning and political citizenship”
16.30h Coffe break
17.00h Panel 4 Social networks
Esteve Ollé Sanz (Yale University, New Haven)
– “Network Administration and the Meaning of Responsibility”
João W. Meneses (TESE – Câmara Municipal de Lisboa)
– “Social networks – The role of third sector organizations”
16th October
9.30h Panel 5 Social capital and the quality of democracy
Pedro Magalhães (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal)
– “Legitimacy, Disaffection, and Dissatisfaction: Structure and Trends in the Attitudes Towards Portuguese Democratic Politics”
Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo (Universidad de Granada, Universidad de Malaga)
– “Social Capital, Civic Duties and Satisfaction with Democracy”
11.00h Coffee break
11.30h Panel 6 Civic participation and quality of life (urban and rural)
Filipe Carreira da Silva (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal)
– “As razões de um divórcio. O exercício da cidadania em Lisboa: voto, mobilização e associativismo”
Renato do Carmo (CIES, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa)
– “Social capital and rural communities: from generalisation to focalisation”
13.00h Lunch
15.00h Panel 7 Social capital and mobilization
Marina Calloni (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale)
– “Common resources and the development of social/ human capital”
Manuel Villaverde Cabral (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal)
– “Civic and political participation: a new culture shift? – evidence from 12 countries”
17.00h Closing M. Villaverde Cabral, L. Sousa Lobo, T. Albuquerque