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General articles about social capital and related concepts including its research and operationalisation. Research on social capital is relevant to a wide range of discipline areas including sociology, social policy, political science, economics, etc.

The difference between social capital and cultural capital

Tristan Claridge July 23, 2022 2 Comments Academic

Export Reference Download PDF Print The concepts of social capital and cultural capital are similar and overlap in some significant ways depending on the meaning ...

10 ways to improve social capital in remote teams

Tristan Claridge June 16, 2022 No Comments General

Many people report feeling isolated and disconnected from what is happening in the organisation when they are remote workers. They are no longer immersed in ...

Social Capital in the Digital Age

Mariam Chakhvadze April 23, 2022 No Comments General

Abstract The present article describes the process of producing structural social capital in the e-Government context and aims at contributing to the profound understanding of ...

Economics Imperialism and Social Capital

Tristan Claridge December 16, 2021 1 Comment Academic

Export Reference Download PDF Print During the 1990s, national governments and international agencies such as the World Bank, OECD, and UNDP discovered social capital, heralding ...

Social capital measurement

Tristan Claridge January 15, 2021 3 Comments Academic

Attempts to measure social capital are flawed by problems with separating form, source and consequences – a common problem with the conceptualisation of social capital. ...

Social capital in the formation of local institutions and their contribution to territorial governance

Carlos Bravo December 14, 2020 2 Comments General

Abstract This article analyzes the importance of social capital in the emergence of local institutions and the contribution of these institutions to the governance of ...

Social norms and social sanctions

Tristan Claridge December 13, 2020 No Comments Academic

Social norms and social sanctions are commonly mentioned as an element of the relational dimension of social capital. The other dimensions of social capital being ...

Applicability of Social Capital by the World Bank in Brazilian Poor Spaces

Edith Lemos Ornellas November 29, 2020 No Comments General

Since the end of the 1990s, at the request of the World Bank, four scientists – Christiaan Grootaert, Deepa Narayan, Veronica Nyhan Jones, and Michael ...

Social capital at different levels and dimensions

Tristan Claridge August 18, 2020 2 Comments Academic

Export Reference Download PDF Print Social capital has been criticised for being incredibly broad and potentially related to everything, a kind of catch-all. It is ...

New Zealand’s pandemic response: solidarity in a post-truth world

Tristan Claridge April 22, 2020 1 Comment General

New Zealand’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been distinctly different to many developed countries that have been plagued by inaction, divisiveness, misinformation, blame and ...

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Social Capital in the Digital Age

Social capital in the formation of local institutions and their contribution to territorial governance

Applicability of Social Capital by the World Bank in Brazilian Poor Spaces

New Zealand’s pandemic response: solidarity in a post-truth world

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