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emotional, socio-cultural, political, spiritual and other values associated with identity formation. This
part ends with a summary and useful tips on how organizations can use the Value Framework.
Part 2 – Portraits in Arts Participation presents written profiles of 40 interviewees or
“Connecticut Arts Citizens”. The goal of each profile is to capture the spirit of the interviewee
through the lens of arts participation.
Part 3 – The Values Study Participant’s Handbook consists in a handbook prepared for a study
orientation meeting by its author Alan Brown on how to conduct a similar study.
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Delaney, Liam and Emily Keaney (2006). Cultural Participation, Social Capital and Civil
Renewal in the United Kingdom: Statistical Evidence from National and International Survey
Data. London: ippr.
Accessed at:
http://www.ippr.org.uk/uploadedFiles/research/projects/Democracy/cultural%20participation%20so
cial%20capital%20etc.pdf
This paper aims to explore indepth the relationship between civil and social capital and cultural
participation by mapping and analysing raw data from other statistical studies. It uses statistical
data from former studies to ascertain whether there is any causative effect of cultural participation
on social capital that might allow us to state that increasing cultural participation can have a
positive effect on building social capital and promoting civil renewal.
Civil renewal is described as being both a political philosophy and a practical approach to improve
quality of life. It involves local people in identifying and solving the problems that affect their
communities, and has three essential ingredients:
• Active citizens who contribute to the common good;
• Strengthened communities in which people work together to find solutions to problems;
• Partnership in meeting public needs, with government and agencies giving appropriate support
and encouraging people to take part in democracy and influence decisions about their
communities.
It is argued that social capital is a key element in achieving civil renewal and therefore in creating
empowered communities. This paper attempts to quantify one facet of this relationship - the link
between cultural participation and social capital.
After a conceptual and methodological introduction in the first section the next section describes
measures of the quality of civil life and the extent of social capital in Britain, comparing this to
other EU countries. Section 3 examines the extent of cultural participation in Britain. Section 4
examines correlations between national levels of civil participation and national levels of social
capital across Europe, as well as correlations between individual measures of wellbeing and social
capital and cultural participation within Britain. Section 5 examines in detail the individual
determinants of levels of cultural participation. Finally section 6 draws conclusions and suggests
areas for future research. Appendix 2 outlines the main data sources used in this paper.
In this study a broad view of what may be considered indicators of social capital is taken, using
measures that derive from a variety of theoretical perspectives. These measures include civil
engagement, interpersonal trust; trust in civil institutions, civil mindedness, informal sociability and
levels of volunteering.
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