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Author : Deepa Narayan-Parker
Release : 1997
Genre : Capital social - Tanzania
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Book Synopsis Cents and Sociability by : Deepa Narayan-Parker
Download or read book Cents and Sociability written by Deepa Narayan-Parker. This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Deepa Narayan
Release : 2016
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Book Synopsis Cents and Sociability by : Deepa Narayan
Download or read book Cents and Sociability written by Deepa Narayan. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matching a measure of social capital with data on household income in certain rural villages in Tanzania shows that social capital is indeed both capital (in that it raises incomes) and social (in that household incomes depend on village, not just household, social capital).Narayan and Pritchett construct a measure of social capital in rural Tanzania, using data from the Tanzania Social Capital and Poverty Survey (SCPS), a large-scale survey that asked individuals about the extent and characteristics of their associational activity and their trust in various institutions and individuals.They match this measure of social capital with data on household income in the same villages (both from the SCPS and from an earlier household survey, the Human Resources Development Survey). In doing so, they show that social capital is indeed both capital (in that it raises incomes) and social (in that household incomes depend on village, not just household, social capital).The magnitude of social capital's effect on incomes is impressive: a one standard deviation increase in village social capital increases a household proxy for income by at least 20 to 30 percent.This is as great an impact as an equivalent increase in nonfarming assets, or a tripling of the level of education.Data from the two surveys make it possible to identify some of the proximate channels through which social capital affects incomes: better publicly provided services, more community activity, greater use of modern agricultural inputs, and greater use of credit in agriculture.This paper - a joint product of Social Development, and Poverty and Human Resources, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the Bank to understand the social determinants of sustainable development.
Author : Jacek Tittenbrun
Release : 2016-04-15
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Anti-Capital: Human, Social and Cultural by : Jacek Tittenbrun
Download or read book Anti-Capital: Human, Social and Cultural written by Jacek Tittenbrun. This book was released on 2016-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of capital has enjoyed a rich career in the social sciences, its use across a range of subjects and in diverse academic and professional contexts having served to establish its conceptual status as 'given'. With particular attention to human and social capital - including cultural capital - this book traces the roots of this theoretical and conceptual trend to economics, revealing the proliferation of various forms of capital to be based upon an encroachment of the conceptual apparatus of economics into other social sciences. Offering an in-depth, critical analysis of the concepts of human and social capital, as well as their surrounding theories, Anti-Capital: Human, Social and Cultural proposes an alternative theoretical framework, whilst better explaining the realities that they mask in economic terms. A rigorous exploration of the most popular forms of 'capital' in the contemporary social sciences, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of sociology, political and social theory, demography and economics.
Author : Gregory W. Streich
Release : 2016-02-11
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 438/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Urban Social Capital by : Gregory W. Streich
Download or read book Urban Social Capital written by Gregory W. Streich. This book was released on 2016-02-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a kaleidoscopic view of the norms and forms of contemporary city life, focusing especially on the processes of social capital (de)formation in the urban milieu. It brings together studies from highly diverse urban settings, such as squatter re-settlement projects in Kathmandu, urban funeral societies in Africa, an HIV/AIDS community in Los Angeles, the poor of Harare, pensioners in Shanghai, Maori gangs in Auckland, and a Roma boxing club in Prague, among others. Contributors draw on contemporary theory and research in social capital, political economy, urban planning and policy, social movements, civil society and democracy to explore how social norms, networks, connections and ties are created, deployed - and often frayed - under conditions of social complexity, inequality, cultural pluralism, and the ethno-racial diversity and division characteristic of urban contexts throughout the world. In this way, the volume engages in a genuinely globalized - and globalizing - discussion of contemporary urban social life and stands as a unique and timely interdisciplinary contribution to the ever-expanding literature devoted to social capital.
Author : OECD
Release : 2001-05-14
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Book Synopsis The Well-being of Nations The Role of Human and Social Capital by : OECD
Download or read book The Well-being of Nations The Role of Human and Social Capital written by OECD. This book was released on 2001-05-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: the success of nations, communities and individuals are linked, more than ever before, to how they adapt to change, learn and share knowledge. This report helps clarify the concepts of human and social capital and evaluates their impact on economic growth and well-being.
