Author : Henk Flap
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 28,70 MB
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134495145
The idea of a social capital research program has become increasingly significant within the social sciences. This collection of essays contributes to a theoretical integration as well as standardization of measurement instruments and co-ordination of empirical research on the significance of social capital.
Author : Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 18,40 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781957820
'The book offers a coherent historical and interdisciplinary perspective on social capital that is illustrated through the emergence and decline of cooperative movements in Denmark (and Poland). The strength of the book lies in its ability to provide an interdisciplinary account of social capital, which, unlike many neoclassical studies of social capital, does not attempt to quantify the concept to make it fit traditional econometric regressions.' - Quentin M.H. Duroy, Heterodox Economics Newsletter
Author : Ross J. Gittell
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 26,74 MB
Release : 1998-06-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780803957923
Providing new insight into an important community development challenge, this text looks at how to stimulate the formation of community-based organizations and effective citizen action in neighbourhoods.
Author : Christiaan Grootaert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,57 MB
Release : 2002-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1139438026
Previously the role of social capital - defined as the institutions and networks of relationships between people, and the associated norms and values - in programs of poverty alleviation and development has risen to considerable prominence. Although development practitioners have long suspected that social capital does affect the efficiency and quality of most development processes, this book provides the rigorous empirical results needed to confirm that impression and translate it into effective and informed policymaking. It is based on a large volume of collected data, relying equally on quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to establish approaches for measuring social capital and its impact. The book documents the pervasive role of social capital in accelerating poverty alleviation and rural development, facilitating the provision of goods and services, and easing political transition and recovery from civil conflicts.
Author : David Halpern
Publisher : Polity
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 31,43 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0745625479
This work presents an introduction to the concept of social capital - a term which refers to the social networks, informal structures and norms that facilitate individual and collective action.
Author : Nan Lin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,22 MB
Release : 2002-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521521673
1. Theories of Capital: The Historical Foundation. 3. 2. Social Capital: Capital Captured through Social Relations. 19. 3. Resources, Hierarchy, Networks, and Homophily: The Structural Foundation. 29. 4. Resources, Motivations, and Interactions: The Action Foundation. 41. 5. The Theory and Theoretical Propositions. 55. 6. Social Capital and Status Attainment: A Research Tradition. 78. 7. Inequality in Social Capital: A Research Agenda. 99. 8. Social Capital and the Emergence of Social Structure: A Theory of Rational Choice. 127. 9. Reputation and Social Capital: The Rational Basis for Social Exchange. 143. 10. Social Capital in Hierarchical Structures. 165. 11. Institutions, Networks, and Capital Building: Societal Transformations. 184. 12. Cybernetworks and the Global Village: The Rise of Social Capital. 210. 13. The Future of the Theory. 243. . References. 251. . Index. 267.
Author : Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,16 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Cooperation
ISBN : 9781843766162
Social capital and trust matter in the real world, say Gunnar (U. of Southern Denmark) and Gert (economics, Aarhus School of Business), but discussion of them is missing from the literature on economic growth and welfare in economics. They investigate how social capital is created and destroyed through an interdisciplinary approach combining politi
Author : Partha Dasgupta
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 32,8 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821350041
This book contains a number of papers presented at a workshop organised by the World Bank in 1997 on the theme of 'Social Capital: Integrating the Economist's and the Sociologist's Perspectives'. The concept of 'social capital' is considered through a number of theoretical and empirical studies which discuss its analytical foundations, as well as institutional and statistical analyses of the concept. It includes the classic 1987 article by the late James Coleman, 'Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital', which formed the basis for the development of social capital as an organising concept in the social sciences.
Author : Phillip H. Kim
Publisher : Now Publishers Inc
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 31,10 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781933019109
Social Capital and Entrepreneurship concludes by examining the tension between the properties of social networks used in entrepreneurship researchers' models and the limited perspective on networks available to practicing entrepreneurs.
Author : Ichiro Kawachi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 29,19 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0387713107
As interest in social capital has grown over the past decade—particularly in public health —so has the lack of consensus on exactly what it is and what makes it worth studying. Ichiro Kawachi, a widely respected leader in the field, and 21 contributors (including physicians, economists, and public health experts) discuss the theoretical origins of social capital, the strengths and limitations of current methodologies of measuring it, and salient examples of social capital concepts informing public health practice. Among the highlights: Measurement methods: survey, sociometric, ethnographic, experimental The relationship between social capital and physical health and health behaviors: smoking, substance abuse, physical activity, sexual activity Social capital and mental health: early findings Social capital and the aging community Social capital and disaster preparedness Social Capital and Health is certain to inspire a new generation of research on this topic, and will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in public health, health behavior, and social epidemiology.
