Free Expression in America Post-2020 A Landmark Survey of Americans Views on Speech Rights

Free expression and the freedom of speech are cornerstones of American democracy. Yet the interpretation of the First Amendment continues to be a flashpoint in the 21st century as the nation debates how to apply these rights to our society. For the 2021 "Free Expression in America Post-2020" report, Knight Foundation commissioned Ipsos to conduct a survey with a nationally representative sample of more than 4,000 American adults, including an additional sample of 1,000 undergraduate college students. The Knight Foundation-Ipsos study provides a comprehensive look at American attitudes toward freedom of speech in a post-2020 environment, building on Knight Foundation's long-standing work studying free speech views among students since 2004. The findings described in this report cover many but not all of the rich insights possible from this complex dataset. We invite the public and researchers to explore this publicly available resource in further detail. This study finds that all Americans hold to the ideal of free speech, but putting free expression into practice reveals significant differences in experiences and attitude. It examines how Americans view free expression issues, events and the application of our First Amendment rights in an increasingly digital, diverse, and politically driven society.

The Structure of Social Capital: An Austrian Perspective on its Nature and Development

As the literature on social capital has emerged over the past two decades, both advocates and critics of the concept have grappled with the question 'what is the nature of “social capital?”'. By viewing this question through the lens of Austrian capital theory (particularly under Lachmann's influence) we can understand social capital as being structural in nature, made up of heterogeneous and often complementary elements. This way of thinking about social capital opens the door for understanding the role of the 'social entrepreneur' as discovering new combinations within the social capital structure. By carving out a role for the change agent, we see social capital development as a process of social learning that extends the cognitive reach of individuals beyond what they can know directly. An Austrian approach to social capital advances the theoretical debate by linking the literature on network analysis (in which the focus is on individualistic accumulation of social capital) and broader questions of social capital embedded within community-wide norms. Further, an Austrian understanding of social capital informs policy debates, such as the question of whether social capital development can be, or needs to be, part of a deliberate development strategy.

Signaling effects of commercial and civil society in post-Katrina reconstruction

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role private action has played in overcoming the collective action problem posed by Hurricane Katrina. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses the post-Hurricane Katrina situation with regard to commercial and civil society. Findings – The paper argues that private recovery efforts within commercial and civil society challenge this assumption. Mutual assistance, commercial cooperation, and the redevelopment of key community resources help to overcome collective action problems by reducing the high costs of an early return and by signaling the potential for widespread recovery to individual actors. Though most redevelopment plans assume that a large-scale government response is the only way to overcome the collective action problem. Originality/value – Even in the absence of a government-led reconstruction effort, the strategies described in the paper offer Gulf Coast residents tools for solving the collective action problem presented in the wake of catastrophic devastation.Floods, Social action, United States of America

The cultural foundations of economic development : Urban female entrepreneurship in Ghana

Indeks *** *** Bibliografi hlm. 185-197viii, 204 hlm. ;21 cm

Social embeddedness, social capital and the market process: An introduction to the special issue on Austrian economics, economic sociology and social capital

Economic sociology, Trust, Social capital, A12, B40, B41, B53,

Expectations of government’s response to disaster

Public choice, Political economy, Hurricane Katrina, Post-disaster recovery,