Concept information
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social psychology
interpersonal relationships
human relationships
social context of relationships
Preferred term
social capital
Definition
- Social capital is a popular interdisciplinary concept, and yet its origin, meaning, use, and value are highly contested. To begin with, many attribute the origin of social capital to either U.S. political scientist Robert Putnam or French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. [Source: Encyclopedia of Identity; Social Capital]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- altruism
- benefits of social capital
- citizen participation and training
- civic agriculture
- civic innovation
- civic life
- collective efficacy
- community development corporations
- community garden movement
- community in disaster
- downside of social capital
- good society
- impact of social capital in wealthy and poor communities
- network communities
- nonprofit organizations
- progressive era
- religion and civil society
- service learning
- social capital and economic development
- social capital and human capital
- social capital and media
- social capital in the workplace
- social network analysis
- trends in social capital
- types of social capital
- voluntary associations
- volunteerism
- weak and strong ties
- World War II
- youth groups
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/social_capital
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