Tristan Claridge will be running online discussion sessions about social capital on Thursday April 23, 2020. The sessions will be free and will use Zoom (an online meeting platform). The sessions will be based around questions submitted by participants and will include general discussions of social capital and related concepts. The session will focus on …
Tristan Claridge will be running online discussion sessions about social capital on Thursday April 23, 2020. The sessions will be free and will use Zoom (an online meeting platform). The sessions will be based around questions submitted by participants and will include general discussions of social capital and related concepts. The session will focus on …
Social Capital Q&A – April 2020 – Europe, Africa Read More »
Tristan Claridge will be running online discussion sessions about social capital on Thursday April 23, 2020. The sessions will be free and will use Zoom (an online meeting platform). The sessions will be based around questions submitted by participants and will include general discussions of social capital and related concepts. The session will focus on …
Social Capital Q&A – 23 April 2020 – Australia, New Zealand, Asia Read More »
Social capital has been criticised for being incredibly broad and potentially related to everything, a kind of catch-all. It is often treated differently in different contexts and at different levels of analysis. Some authors treat social capital as a private good, some as a public good, and others as having both private and public good …
Social capital at different levels and dimensions A typology of social capital Read More »
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 deflection. New Zealand has shown remarkable community cohesion and solidarity and has unified behind the shared goal of eliminating COVID-19 from the country. Post-truth politics creates a divided and fragmented …
New Zealand’s pandemic response: solidarity in a post-truth world Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented interruption to physical social interaction. A significant proportion of the world’s population is in some form of isolation or lockdown, with limited access to normal social activities. This has serious implications for social capital which is primarily built, maintained and realised by social interaction. Social capital is linked to …
With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, many people are now facing the prospect of various forms of social isolation in the immediate future. People are being encouraged to maintain physical distance from others to limit the spread of the virus. Some countries have implemented lockdowns that include banning public gatherings, cancelling …
Social connection and the COVID-19 pandemic Impacts on social capital Read More »
China is developing a social credit system (SCS), a national reputation system that aims to promote the traditional virtues of integrity, discourage dishonesty, and build an environment of trust. The SCS will utilise big-data enabled surveillance infrastructure to manage, monitor, and predict the trustworthiness of citizens, firms, organizations, and governments. The scheme has attracted considerable …
China’s Social Credit System An ambitious attempt to build social capital Read More »
There are a lot of similarities between the concepts of social capital and social cohesion. Both are defined in vastly different ways by different authors, both are conceptually vague, and both relate to social setting and social structure. Depending on how you define the concepts there can be considerable overlap between them, leading some authors …
What is the difference between social capital and social cohesion? Read More »
Social capital is a vital asset for those in poverty since it can provide access to that which is lacking: capital. Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the capital required to meet their needs. Clearly the poor would benefit from more of all forms of capital. However, social …
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