articleJournal of Economic LiteratureMar 1, 2002Closed access

Can We Trust Social Capital?

JSJoel Sobel

University of California, San Diego

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Abstract

SOCIAL CAPITAL describes circumstances in which individuals can use membership in groups and networks to secure benefits. This formulation follows

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  • Social capital
  • Perspective (graphical)
  • Capital (architecture)
  • Neoclassical economics
  • Economics
  • Positive economics
  • Sociology
  • Social reproduction
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