Public libraries as developers of social capital.

Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......recent years the concept of social capital has burst forth...of the spin off concepts from quantum mechanics, social capital seems to explain...Productivity Commission, social capital is a contentious subject whose conceptual literature is...

Social capital and the rural church.(Report)

Rural Society;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......unanimity on just how social capital should be defined...for although the concept may have been around...development of social capital is not the same...volunteering, but the two concepts are closely related...it obvious that social capital and community ...

SOCIAL CAPITAL AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT.

Social Policy Journal of New Zealand;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......A few considered the concept of social capital as a potential policy...interest in applying a concept of social capital to their own activity...example, Riddell says, The concept of social capital in public policy formation...

Getting the goods on social capital

Rural Sociology;  June 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......and current usage of the concept of social capital in both the academic (research-orient...science terms, including the concept of social capital, are no exception. The...that the centrality of the social capital concept varies considerably among...

SOCIAL CAPITAL IN ACTION.

Social Policy Journal of New Zealand;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......A few considered the concept of social capital as a potential policy...interest in applying a concept of social capital to their own activity...example, Riddell says, The concept of social capital in public policy formation...

Is social capital the new socialism?

Review - Institute of Public Affairs;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the community's 'social capital' is the justification...governments can increase social capital. Few, however, have...governments can create social capital. Even fewer have...governments should create social capital. An important research...Productivity Commission ...

Locating leisure in the social capital literature.

Journal of Leisure Research;  September 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......mid-1990s, the concept of social capital has captured the...communitarian conception of leisure and use social capital while examining...researchers to examine social capital. We first provide...orientation to the concept by introducing...

Searching for social capital: historical perspectives on health, poverty...

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......effect on health, and the concept of social capital has been viewed as of...Paper (2005), and the concept of social capital has been one influence...One way of analysing concepts like social capital and social exclusion more...

'People are accepted as long as they don't misbehave': exploring the...

Rural Society;  March 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......reference to the concepts of bonding...and linking social capital. The paper...downside of social capital and suggest that the concept of linking social capital plays a critical...surrounding the concept of social capital, researchers...

Social Capital and Constraints on Legal Careers

Law & Society Review;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......resource, this article conceptualizes social capital as multivalent, with the potential for...negative effects. Drawing on five forms of social capital and examining four separate outcomes...analyses demonstrate that particular forms of social capital are indeed related to diverging ...

Social Capital and Homicide [*].

Social Forces;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......elements of social capital -- trust and...Background The concept of social capital has somewhat...also employ a conception of interpersonal...relate the concept of social capital to dominant...crime. THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL...

Social capital: how parks and recreation help to build community.(Research...

Parks & Recreation;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Putnam (2000) and others have identified social capital as the features of social life--networks...begun to explore the many dimensions of social capital, and this work has grown exponentially. One reason why social capital has received so much attention recently...Putnam ...

The Importance of Trust-Building in Transition: A Look at Social Capital...

Canadian Slavonic Papers;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Eastern Europe. The concept of social capital is measured using indicators...interpretation of the concept, Putnam argues that social capital is an attribute of society...Putnam has stretched the concept of social capital too far. They argue...

social capital

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics;      591 words ......a distinctive conception of social capital. Bourdieu discusses...privilege. Coleman's conception of social capital arose out of his...relationship between social capital and human capital...Human capital is a concept used by economists...

Is social capital good for everyone? The case of same-sex attracted women...

Health Sociology Review;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Social capital is attracting increasing...However, much of the work on social capital employs Putnam's (1995) formulation of the concept. This view suggests social capital produces generalised benefits...between the higher stocks of social capital in ...