Capital Classification Framework
The highlighted component of this framework illustrates the focus of our exploration, which is on the intangible, or human, side of social capital.
The highlighted component of this framework illustrates the focus of our exploration, which is on the intangible, or human, side of social capital.
Defined in Discussing “Capital” with Precision.
This is the most comprehensive framework we’ve found to classify social capital.
Discussed in Classifying Social Capital.
Originally proposed in Working Paper 24 of The World Bank Social Capital Initiative.
This framework categorizes the academic research on social capital and economic development into four viewpoints. Below we illustrate how the viewpoints overlap with our primary social capital classification framework above.
Communitarian View
Networks View
Institutional View
Synergy View
Discussed in Economic Development and Social Capital.
Originally proposed in Social Capital: Implications for Development Theory, Research, and Policy.
Social capital is rooted in relationships, and we can classify them into bonding or bridging. (The literature more commonly refers to this as “bonding and bridging social capital.”) Below we illustrate where bonding and bridging relationships typically come into play with the primary social capital classification framework above.
Bonding Relationships
Bridging Relationships
Discussed in Bonding and Bridging Relationships.
Academic Views:
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