Social capital's impact on COVID-19 outcomes at local levels
This study generated social capital indices at the census tract, zipcode, and county subdivision levels, and applied them to case studies within and across counties in Wisconsin, New York ...
SOCIAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY
Our study focuses on the symbolic capital of members of a community and the aim is to reveal the virtues of the symbolic capital concept and the way people relate to him. Symbolic capital is ...
Social capital and education
In the case of Coleman, it is about looking for reasons for better or worse results of individual students, whose activities, including involvement in education, are conditioned by the structures of activity in the family and in relation to other families. ... he analyzes the utility of the category of social capital in educational studies ...
Social Capital in Higher Education Partnerships: A Case Study of the
This article reports on the findings of a case study about the Canada-Cuba University Partnership (CCUP), a teaching, research, and service partnership between individuals associated with a Canadian and Cuban University. ... Our study is framed by social capital as our theoretical approach and social network analysis as our methodological ...
A new study shows how much social capital matters
Social scientists have argued about the supposed importance of social capital in the intervening decades. A comprehensive set of studies by a team of economists, just published in Nature , may ...
Social capital and rural development: an introduction to the special
Fitzpatrick and Akgüngör's study, The Contribution of Social Capital on Rural Livelihoods: Malawi and the Philippines Cases, examines the effectiveness of an NGO intervention designed to augment social capital where social capital is seen as a catalyst to increased economic opportunities.This is especially important in resource constrained communities with missing or incomplete markets.
Social capital with family and friends for wellbeing: a case study of
In this context, the research applied a case study methodology to generate data from the four cases with several rounds of in-depth interviews. The data were then analyzed and interpreted with the researchers' reflections and socio-capital theory. ... Some studies show that social capital is the additional equally imperative variable ...
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"Understanding and Measuring Social Capital" provides a conceptual review, and measurement tools, in a form readily available for development practitioners. The book discusses the respective value of quantitative, and qualitative approaches to the analysis of social capital, illustrating the discussion with examples, and case studies from many ...
Social capital in a time of uncertainty: A case study of COVID-19 in
Social capital is a central aspect of human civilization, particularly in times of disasters. One of the most recent disasters in the history of humankind is the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had profound and far-reaching disruptive effects. The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic varies by industry and location.
Strengthening Human Services through Social Capital
These case studies were selected for their focus on incorporating strategies to help participants build and use social capital, and not for other aspects of their programming. My Life My Choice (PDF) is a survivor-led organization fighting to end commercial sexual exploitation of children, which uses survivor mentorship and other services to ...
When does Social Capital Matter for Migration? A Study of Networks
Social Capital and Migration. Attention to social capital, the notion that relational social ties via family, friends, and the larger community matter for migration, emerged in the 1970s (Choldin 1973, Banerjee 1983, Taylor 1984, Fawcett 1989).Since that time, increasingly sophisticated and detailed studies (such as Curran et al. 2005, Garip 2008, Dolfin and Genicot 2010, and Garip and Asad ...
The Role of Social Capital in Building Healthy Communities
This report uses case studies from four cities—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Washington D.C. metropolitan area; and Milwaukee and Kenosha, Wisconsin—to illustrate various aspects of social capital, local social service delivery systems, and the role of faith communities in supporting families and communities.
Place, social capital, and mental health: A mixed-methods case study of
1. Introduction. There is an overall lack of consistent evidence on social capital (SC) interventions for older adults (Coll-Planas et al., 2017).SC interventions for mental health depend on contexts, but the role that place plays in these interventions needs to be further investigated (Ehsan et al., 2019).This study aims to highlight the role that place, which refers to the social and spatial ...
Social Capital or Networks, Negotiations and Norms? A Neighborhood Case
Social capital is a multivalent and somewhat contested concept that has been widely applied in studies that compare nations, states, or local communities (these studies are usefully reviewed in the tables and text of Kawachi et al, 1 although with some lack of attention to some of the critiques in the next paragraph). As Portes, 2 among others, discusses, social capital has also been ...
[Pdf] Development and Social Capital: a Case Study of Selected
Social scientists continue to grasp for critical factors that foster or impede the development of social capital. This article examines some of these factors based on an investigation of developmental issues in rural Malaysia. Community activists and leaders, NGO staff, and key informants living and working in the designated locality indicated a complex and diverse range of social, cultural ...
Studying Social Capital in Situ: A Qualitative Approach
The study followed a qualitative approach with a case study research design. The qualitative approach helped to explore the "sunny and shadowy side of social capital" [59] among the functioning of ...
Social Capital, Adaptation and Resilience: Case Studies of Rural
Social capital is productive, but it can be reduced if strategies are not implemented to enhance it. The more communities and groups work together, the more social capital is produced; and the less people work together, the greater the depletion of community stocks of social capital (Halpern 2005).. Issues examined within social capital studies often involve those related to community health ...
Social Capital in Community Development
Using four cities as case studies and examples of social capital in the community, this report reflects the various aspects of examples of social capital in the community as it pertains to immigrant neighborhoods and communities of color, showing ways that social capital can help or hinder community development.
Family and Community Social Capital: A Case Study of One Private and
Using American religious traditions as measures of bonding and bridging social capital in communities, we empirically test how these different forms of social capital affect crime rates in 3,157 U.S. … Expand
(PDF) Social enterprise networks and social capital: A case study in
Social enterprise networks and social capital: A case study in Scotland/UK May 2014 In book: Social Capital and Economics: Social Values, Power, and Social Identity (pp.forthcoming)
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Case Study Report: Building Social Capital Case study 1: Who you are, in a marginalised group with mental health problems and or mental/learning disability. Introduction This case study examines elements of bonding social capital in a marginalised group or more specifically people with mental health problems or a mental/learning disability.
Social network centrality and the corporate environment: The case of
We investigate the influence of exogenous social capital—measured by social network centrality—on the likelihood of firms adopting corporate policies on sexual diversity. Our results reveal a positively significant association between social network centrality and the probability of a firm adopting inclusive corporate policies, such as ...
Social Capital in Power Networks: A Case Study of Affordable Housing
Social capital, a concept popularized by Robert Putnam, is often studied apart from issues of power, but power is a crucial component in other constructions of the term (most notably, the work of Pierre Bourdieu). ... NC provides an ideal case study due to its moderate-city size and local investments to grow social capital. The city is studied ...
Urban Renewal, Sense of Community and Social Capital: A Case Study of
However, the community group led by the social workers in St. James Settlement questioned the meaning of this approach because if the community were not conserved, the social network, cultural capital, historical heritage, local character and economic activities would be destroyed (Lam 2007, p. 9). The community-led Wan-Chai Living Museum was ...
ESG expected to contribute 34% of total domestic AUM by 2051, study
2 min read 25 Sep 2023, 01:44 PM IST. Abeer Ray , MintGenie Team. According to a study conducted by Avendus Capital, it is projected that ESG investments will account for approximately 34% of ...
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This study generated social capital indices at the census tract, zipcode, and county subdivision levels, and applied them to case studies within and across counties in Wisconsin, New York ...
Our study focuses on the symbolic capital of members of a community and the aim is to reveal the virtues of the symbolic capital concept and the way people relate to him. Symbolic capital is ...
In the case of Coleman, it is about looking for reasons for better or worse results of individual students, whose activities, including involvement in education, are conditioned by the structures of activity in the family and in relation to other families. ... he analyzes the utility of the category of social capital in educational studies ...
This article reports on the findings of a case study about the Canada-Cuba University Partnership (CCUP), a teaching, research, and service partnership between individuals associated with a Canadian and Cuban University. ... Our study is framed by social capital as our theoretical approach and social network analysis as our methodological ...
Social scientists have argued about the supposed importance of social capital in the intervening decades. A comprehensive set of studies by a team of economists, just published in Nature , may ...
Fitzpatrick and Akgüngör's study, The Contribution of Social Capital on Rural Livelihoods: Malawi and the Philippines Cases, examines the effectiveness of an NGO intervention designed to augment social capital where social capital is seen as a catalyst to increased economic opportunities.This is especially important in resource constrained communities with missing or incomplete markets.
In this context, the research applied a case study methodology to generate data from the four cases with several rounds of in-depth interviews. The data were then analyzed and interpreted with the researchers' reflections and socio-capital theory. ... Some studies show that social capital is the additional equally imperative variable ...
"Understanding and Measuring Social Capital" provides a conceptual review, and measurement tools, in a form readily available for development practitioners. The book discusses the respective value of quantitative, and qualitative approaches to the analysis of social capital, illustrating the discussion with examples, and case studies from many ...
Social capital is a central aspect of human civilization, particularly in times of disasters. One of the most recent disasters in the history of humankind is the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had profound and far-reaching disruptive effects. The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic varies by industry and location.
These case studies were selected for their focus on incorporating strategies to help participants build and use social capital, and not for other aspects of their programming. My Life My Choice (PDF) is a survivor-led organization fighting to end commercial sexual exploitation of children, which uses survivor mentorship and other services to ...
Social Capital and Migration. Attention to social capital, the notion that relational social ties via family, friends, and the larger community matter for migration, emerged in the 1970s (Choldin 1973, Banerjee 1983, Taylor 1984, Fawcett 1989).Since that time, increasingly sophisticated and detailed studies (such as Curran et al. 2005, Garip 2008, Dolfin and Genicot 2010, and Garip and Asad ...
This report uses case studies from four cities—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Washington D.C. metropolitan area; and Milwaukee and Kenosha, Wisconsin—to illustrate various aspects of social capital, local social service delivery systems, and the role of faith communities in supporting families and communities.
1. Introduction. There is an overall lack of consistent evidence on social capital (SC) interventions for older adults (Coll-Planas et al., 2017).SC interventions for mental health depend on contexts, but the role that place plays in these interventions needs to be further investigated (Ehsan et al., 2019).This study aims to highlight the role that place, which refers to the social and spatial ...
Social capital is a multivalent and somewhat contested concept that has been widely applied in studies that compare nations, states, or local communities (these studies are usefully reviewed in the tables and text of Kawachi et al, 1 although with some lack of attention to some of the critiques in the next paragraph). As Portes, 2 among others, discusses, social capital has also been ...
Social scientists continue to grasp for critical factors that foster or impede the development of social capital. This article examines some of these factors based on an investigation of developmental issues in rural Malaysia. Community activists and leaders, NGO staff, and key informants living and working in the designated locality indicated a complex and diverse range of social, cultural ...
The study followed a qualitative approach with a case study research design. The qualitative approach helped to explore the "sunny and shadowy side of social capital" [59] among the functioning of ...
Social capital is productive, but it can be reduced if strategies are not implemented to enhance it. The more communities and groups work together, the more social capital is produced; and the less people work together, the greater the depletion of community stocks of social capital (Halpern 2005).. Issues examined within social capital studies often involve those related to community health ...
Using four cities as case studies and examples of social capital in the community, this report reflects the various aspects of examples of social capital in the community as it pertains to immigrant neighborhoods and communities of color, showing ways that social capital can help or hinder community development.
Using American religious traditions as measures of bonding and bridging social capital in communities, we empirically test how these different forms of social capital affect crime rates in 3,157 U.S. … Expand
Social enterprise networks and social capital: A case study in Scotland/UK May 2014 In book: Social Capital and Economics: Social Values, Power, and Social Identity (pp.forthcoming)
Case Study Report: Building Social Capital Case study 1: Who you are, in a marginalised group with mental health problems and or mental/learning disability. Introduction This case study examines elements of bonding social capital in a marginalised group or more specifically people with mental health problems or a mental/learning disability.
We investigate the influence of exogenous social capital—measured by social network centrality—on the likelihood of firms adopting corporate policies on sexual diversity. Our results reveal a positively significant association between social network centrality and the probability of a firm adopting inclusive corporate policies, such as ...
Social capital, a concept popularized by Robert Putnam, is often studied apart from issues of power, but power is a crucial component in other constructions of the term (most notably, the work of Pierre Bourdieu). ... NC provides an ideal case study due to its moderate-city size and local investments to grow social capital. The city is studied ...
However, the community group led by the social workers in St. James Settlement questioned the meaning of this approach because if the community were not conserved, the social network, cultural capital, historical heritage, local character and economic activities would be destroyed (Lam 2007, p. 9). The community-led Wan-Chai Living Museum was ...
2 min read 25 Sep 2023, 01:44 PM IST. Abeer Ray , MintGenie Team. According to a study conducted by Avendus Capital, it is projected that ESG investments will account for approximately 34% of ...