REPORT OF THE MINNESOTA SOCIAL CAPITAL RESEARCH PROJECT Carleton College July 2003 All documents are in PDF format. Download the Entire Report (2.5 megabytes). Acknowledgements Table of Contents Introduction: The Social State? Karen Wright PATTERNS OF TRUST AND ASSOCIATION Public Perceptions and Expectations on Social Capital Issues Brian Marson Social Capital in the Somali and Hmong Communities of Minneapolis and St. Paul Anna Layman and Abhinab Basnyat The Effect of Women’s Participation in the Formal Workforce on Social Capital Elise Chahla PREDICTORS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL A Connection between Social Capital and Political Ideology? Becca Stark Praying Together before Bowling Alone: A Study of Religion’s Effects on Social Capital Anne Cary Virtuous and Vicious Cycles Damian Winters Do Income and Education Affect Civic Participation through the Components of Social Capital? Erica Stoltz POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC POLICY ‘Election Day is Often Like One Large Coffee Party’: Minnesota Local Governments and Social Capital Melissa Rifkin Social Capital in Minnesota: What the Politicians Say Annette M. Luther The Effect of Government Policy on Social Capital Marcus Jun ‘A New Breed of Republicans’: The Suburbs and the 2002 Minnesota Governor’s Race Bertram Johnson