INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL: TRUST, PARTICIPATION AND NETWORKS IN INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor; Department of International Relations, University of Tehran

2 Phd, International Relations, University of Tehran

Abstract

States in international society, like people in domestic societies, have various social positions which render different levels of power, security and welfare. In this article, after the introduction of the concept of “international social capital”, different aspects of this capital, i.e. trust, participation and social networks of the states in the international arena are discussed. Meanwhile, the necessity of paying attention to normative trust besides the strategic one, to real participation as opposed to the nominal one, and to the centrality of states in international social networks is emphasized.

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POLITICAL QUARTERLY
Volume 48, Issue 1
April 2018
Pages 175-195

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  • Receive Date: 18 May 2015
  • Revise Date: 22 June 2015
  • Accept Date: 26 October 2015

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