Social capital in the creation of human capital

Coleman, J. S. (1988). Social capital in the creation of human capital. American Journal of Sociology.

Type

Journal article

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Primary research

Year

1988

Link

https://doi.org/10.1086/228943verified

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sociology_anthropology

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Primes

• Social Capital
  • Bangladeshi villages with denser pre-existing female networks show higher group formation rates and lower default rates

    This sourceDefines social capital through obligations/expectations, information channels, and norms; shows how trust is transferable through dense network ties—both a productive feature and the mechanism behind authority transfer and trust-laundering.

• Trust
  • This is partly a benefit (cascading trust reduces information-processing load) and partly a risk (trust laundering: a trusted figure's endorsement lends credibility to claims outside their domain of competence), a transferability Coleman (1988) describes as one of the defining features of social capital flowing through dense network ties.

    This sourceDefines social capital through obligations/expectations, information channels, and norms; shows how trust is transferable through dense network ties—both a productive feature and the mechanism behind authority transfer and trust-laundering.

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