Social Capital
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Social capital can be described as a concept of social contacts who affect the productivity of individuals and groups. In general this means the actual or potential resources available in a (individual) society who form social structures. Those resources can also be linked to group-membership, which provides each of its members with the backing of the collectivity-owned capital, a ‘credential’ which entitles them to credit, in the various senses of the word. | Social capital can be described as a concept of social contacts who affect the productivity of individuals and groups. In general this means the actual or potential resources available in a (individual) society who form social structures. Those resources can also be linked to group-membership, which provides each of its members with the backing of the collectivity-owned capital, a ‘credential’ which entitles them to credit, in the various senses of the word. | ||
The term Social capital originated by the sociologist Emile Durkheim [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Durkheim], but got under more attention because of Pierre Bourdieu. [http://geography.ruhosting.nl/index.php/Pierre_Bourdieu]. of Pierre Bourdieu used the term social capital to produce or reproduce inequality. | The term Social capital originated by the sociologist Emile Durkheim [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Durkheim], but got under more attention because of Pierre Bourdieu. [http://geography.ruhosting.nl/index.php/Pierre_Bourdieu]. of Pierre Bourdieu used the term social capital to produce or reproduce inequality. | ||
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''The forms of capital - Bourdieu, p. 51'' [http://bbs.knue.ac.kr/~edupolicy/lib._.brd/_1.116_/education.pdf] | ''The forms of capital - Bourdieu, p. 51'' [http://bbs.knue.ac.kr/~edupolicy/lib._.brd/_1.116_/education.pdf] | ||
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Revision as of 09:12, 7 September 2011
Social capital can be described as a concept of social contacts who affect the productivity of individuals and groups. In general this means the actual or potential resources available in a (individual) society who form social structures. Those resources can also be linked to group-membership, which provides each of its members with the backing of the collectivity-owned capital, a ‘credential’ which entitles them to credit, in the various senses of the word. The term Social capital originated by the sociologist Emile Durkheim [1], but got under more attention because of Pierre Bourdieu. [2]. of Pierre Bourdieu used the term social capital to produce or reproduce inequality.
References:
The forms of capital - Bourdieu, p. 51 [3]
Published by Bernard Jansen & Sonny Joziasse
