Social Capital: Theories of Capital

摘要: One of the far-reaching explanatory schemes in contemporary sociology and economics focuses on concept capital. What is capital ? I define it as investment resources with expected returns marketplace . Capital when these are invested mobilized pursuit a profit – goal action. Thus, twice processed. In first process, being produced or altered investment; second, offered for profit. one instance, outcome production process (producing adding value to resource); other, causal factor (the resource exchanged generate profit). These processes because both mobilization involve time effort. past two decades, social its various forms contexts has emerged most salient While much excitement been generated, divergent views, perspectives, expectations have also raised serious question: this fad, does enduring qualities that will herald new intellectual enterprise? The purpose volume present theory capital, eliciting central theme captured relations capture evokes structural constraints opportunities well actions choices part actors.