Social capital is a concept that has been known in the social sciences for decades, but it has recently changed its meaning and become freshly significant. Originally social capital was mostly applied to the sociology of education. It referred to the...

1 Assets collectively owned for the benefit of the community at large. 2 The benefits resulting from feelings of sympathy and obligation. These feelings underlie terms of trade, the provision of health and education, and access to goods and services....

Social capital is a form of capital that exists within relationships among individuals. According to Bourdieu (1986), capital is accumulated labor that can be appropriated by individuals or groups for their exclusive use to further their interests and...

Social capital, referring to connections within and between social networks, is a core concept in business, economics, organizational behaviour, political science, public health, and sociology. Though there are in fact a variety of inter-related...

THE last century of world history has revealed the results of governments' efforts to regulate the economic behaviour of individuals. But as socialism is retreating, new theories of regulation are emerging. These new theories don't aim to regulate the economic relations between individuals; instead,...

James Coleman's concept of social capital as presented in his book 'Foundation of Social Theory' is discussed. This type of capital has numerous advantages that cannot be provided by financial capital. The coin that creates trust How much "social capital" do you...

The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan, by John Ehrman. Yale University Press, 296 pages, $27.50.Morning in America: How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980's, by Gil Troy. Princeton University Press, 417 pages, $29.95. Although their desire to honor him still stops on a dime,...