http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/altruism Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:37:03 -0400 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:37:03 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/888/ethnic-diversity-and-social-capital-at-the-community-level-effects-and-implications-for-policymakers By Vilius Semenas - Research on the impact of ethnic diversity on ‘social capital’ is relatively new in the field of political science (Stolle et al., 2008: 57). Reinvigorating a prominent and interesting debate among scholars, Robert Putnam awakened the subject in a 2007 paper entitled “E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century.” His main hypothesis was that ethnic diversity at the neighbourhood level, in the short term, leads to people ‘hunkering down,’ or being less social, trusting, and altruistic. This paper, however, challenges Putnam’s &lsquo... Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:31 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/888/ethnic-diversity-and-social-capital-at-the-community-level-effects-and-implications-for-policymakers