Social capital enables citizens to contest policies endangering non-domination.

Evidence

It is through social capital that individuals become accustomed to ways of solving disputes that are compatible with a state of non-domination. And it is through social capital that they might surpass the challenges of collective action should the need rise to contest policies that would endanger non-domination. As Lovett (2015) mentions, “there is no substitute for involving people in the political process when it comes to nurturing civic-minded dispositions.” In communities where social capital levels are high, trust becomes “the ultimate equity” (Wilson 1997, 747). — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic, 34

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the role of social capital within a republican theory of non-domination — how it makes feasible a citizenry that activates politically only under threat.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 34
• XREF: connects to: Institutions constitute citizens’ freedom from domination rather than causally producing it — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 518; Non-domination requires active citizen contribution and cannot be produced by institutions alone. — Adelin-Costin Dumitru, Forging the Resistive Republic: Social…, 74; Non-domination makes citizens more radical and less state-sceptical — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 390

Related

• Non-domination requires active citizen contribution and cannot be produced by institutions alone. (similarity 0.85)
• Republican governance presupposes social capital that citizens must actively build (similarity 0.84)
• Social capital’s self-reinforcing strength does not explain how it emerges originally. (similarity 0.83)
• Social capital works without assuming individuals share common-oriented goals. (similarity 0.81)
• Non-domination makes citizens more radical and less state-sceptical (similarity 0.80)
• Social capital grows from participation, not prior endowment alone. (similarity 0.80)
• Polycentric governance structures enable citizens to resist domination through multiple remedies. (similarity 0.80)
• Social trust is an outcome and byproduct of social capital (similarity 0.79)
• Freedom requires a well-ordered institutional framework to reduce domination. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Institutions constitute citizens’ freedom from domination rather than causally producing it #expands (0.75) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 518