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Measuring religious social capital: the scale properties of the Williams Religious Social Capital Index (WRSCI) among cathedral congregations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The theoretical construct of social capital remains contested in terms of conceptualisation and measurement. The present paper follows the convention of distinguishing between trust, bonding, bridging and linking social capital, to conceptualise how ...
Williams, Emyr
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SOCIAL CAPITAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

open access: yesSocial Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2006
To address the conditions of poverty and underdevelopment in the country, the South African government has accepted the social development approach as policy for delivery of social services. Social welfare organisations and other similar social service
Anna Nieman
doaj   +1 more source

Omnivorousness in sport: The importance of social capital and networks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
There has been for some time a significant and growing body of research around the relationship between sport and social capital. Similarly, within sociology there has been a corpus of work that has acknowledged the emergence of the omnivore–univore ...
Asparouhov T   +23 more
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International financial inclusion: Multidimensional determinants of access to saving and credit [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu, 2019
This work assesses quantitatively the determinants of two of the main indicators of financial inclusion: savings account ownership and credit access. Through the use of a dynamic panel, this work verifies that on the supply side, formal saving requires ...
Lilianne Isabel Pavón Cuéllar
doaj   +1 more source

Education and Social Cohesion: Re-Centering the Debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Social Capital theory has tended to treat social cohesion as a mere aggregation of individual and community level characteristics, ignoring the long tradition of theory on social solidarity and social cohesion at the societal level.
Green, Andy, Preston, John
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Can environmental governance benefit from an ICT-social capital nexus in civil society? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Although the potential of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to foster social capital in civil society has been duly acknowledged, few studies have empirically explored the ICT-social capital nexus in the context of community organizations.
Dhakal, S.P.
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Capital Social Cooperativo

open access: yesBoletín de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Cooperativo, 2005
El capital social está compuesto por las aportaciones de los socios y asociados, tanto obligatorias como voluntarias. Desde un punto de vista contable, se trata de una cifra del pasivo que expresa el valor de una parte de los fondos propios de la ...
Oscar Acera Manero
doaj   +1 more source

Re-Thinking Social Capital

open access: yes[sic], 2011
The concept of social capital has been used very often in sociological researches over the last two decades. Measuring social capital in civil society, neighborhoods and educational systems is merely a part of its popular usage. Many sociologists tend to
Zlatko Bukač
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The influence of natural disasters and multiple natural disasters on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: findings from a nationally representative cohort study of Australian adolescents

open access: yesSSM: Population Health
Few studies have examined the relationship between exposure to natural hazards and suicide and self-harm in youth. We extend prior research by investigating the association between multiple disasters and the risks of self-harm and suicide longitudinally ...
Ben Edwards   +2 more
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Not All Social Capital Is Equal: Conceptualizing Social Capital Differences in Cities

open access: yesUrban Science, 2023
Social capital is the basis of community-based action and constitutes an important resource for the poor in urban areas. However, social class, age, ethnicity and gender play an important role in shaping social capital outcomes.
Maren Wesselow
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