Hi Bob.
Social Capital is a concept used mainly by sociologists and
other researchers working on social equity, poverty, civil engagement
and similar issues to refer to a social group´s potential to achieve
mutual benefits through cooperative means
The following paper is cosnidered to be the one that pushed the
concept up into the poltical and research agenda a few years
ago: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/assoc/bowling.html
In Europe it has been used for shaping political decissions on social
welfare, health and housing for more a decade now, specially inthe
UK. I understand that the push is strong in the US too.
Non for profit organizations are using it as an indicator for
focussing their efforts and evaluating their programs.
The concept includes a number of geographic dimensions, but, as far
as I am aware of, these dimensions have not been fully
operationalized yet. Mapping and quantification of social
capital are still in their infancy. There is a field wide open
for research on (and opportunities for) GIS applications here.
Cheers,
Armando
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Subject: Re: [Maptitude] Social Capital and Maptitude
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, August 09, 2005 10:52 am
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1 Aug 2005 at 19:05, Armando Scalise wrote:
> Has anyone on this list been involved in applying GIS, and Mpatitude
> in particular, to research on social capital?
>
What is "Social capital?"
Bob
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