Social capital: trust and public participation (case study of Tyumen Region)

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Abstract

The study presents findings of an investigation into the growing potential factors of public activity based on regional sociological surveys. It demonstrates dynamics and structures of institutional and generalized trust in the Tyumen region from 2013 to 2023. Comparative interregional assessments of institutional and generalized trust, as well as the potential for growth of public activity across seven Russian regions in 2023, are offered, too. The analysis addresses contradictions in the interrelationships among key social capital resources. A typology of public participation – categorized into “active,” “political participants,” “public activists,” and “passives” – was developed using the example of the Tyumen region residents and subsequently used to evaluate its connection to social capital. The study illustrates increasing public activity levels, primarily linked to generalized trust and communicative resources. Barriers to the growth of engagement in socially beneficial activities are identified.

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Darya Yu. Agafonova

Tyumen State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: d.y.agafonova@utmn.ru

Assistant, Department of Economic Security, System Analysis and Control

Russian Federation, Tyumen

Gulnara F. Romashkina

Tyumen State University

Email: g.f.romashkina@utmn.ru

Dr. Sci. (Sociol.), Prof., Department of Economic Security, System Analysis and Control

Russian Federation, Tyumen

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2. Fig. 1. Dynamics of the components of the index of institutional trust in regional government bodies, institutions and organizations, dynamics of the index of generalized trust, Tyumen Oblast, 2013–2023.

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3. Fig. 2. The relationship between generalized trust and average trust in regional institutions, “Database “Sociocultural Portrait of Russian Regions – 2023”

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4. Fig. 3. Average value of trust in the President of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation, the State Duma of the Russian Federation, indices of institutional trust in nine regional institutions and generalized trust, “Database “Sociocultural Portrait of the Regions of Russia – 2023”

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5. Fig. 4. Assessment of obstacles to public activity, “Database “Sociocultural portrait of the regions of Russia – 2023”

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6. Fig. 5. Average level of institutional and generalized trust at the regional level by clusters, Tyumen Oblast

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