Re: [Maptitude] Social Capital and Maptitude

[Susan Kinne]

An interesting paper has just appeared on the translation of social capital into the public health realm (Moore S, Shiell A, Hawe P, Haines VA, The privileging of communitarian ideas: citation practices and the translation of social capital into public health research, American Joournal of Public Health 2005; 95:1330-1337).  It reviews two major threads in social capital work and notes that one of them (Putnam's 'communitarian' approach) dominates use of socail capital in public health.  There's another 'network' approach that emphasizes individual social relationships and access to resources, which is largely ignored.   Susan Kinne ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Maptitude@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 7:27 AM Subject: RE: [Maptitude] Social Capital and Maptitude 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   -------- Original Message -------- 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 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:    [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ SPONSORED LINKS Geographic information systems Geography of World geography Geography YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "Maptitude" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.