Getting the Goods on Social Capital.

Wall, Ellen; Ferrazzi, Gabriele; Schryer, Frans

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ERIC Number: EJ569241

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Publication Date: 1998

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Getting the Goods on Social Capital.

Wall, Ellen; Ferrazzi, Gabriele; Schryer, Frans

Rural Sociology, v63 n2 p300-22 Jun 1998

Overview of the origins, development, rapid diffusion, and current usage of the concept of social capital in the literature. Focuses on three approaches to operationalizing the concept: those of James Coleman, Pierre Bourdieu, and Robert Putnam. Discusses social capital as a resource, as goal-oriented, and as a contributor to social control and stability. Contains 61 references. (Author/SV)

Descriptors: Group Membership, Human Capital, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Capital, Social Networks, Social Structure, Social Theories

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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