Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/217758 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Citation: 
[Journal:] European Journal of Government and Economics (EJGE) [ISSN:] 2254-7088 [Volume:] 6 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Universidade da Coruña [Place:] A Coruña [Year:] 2017 [Pages:] 146-170
Publisher: 
Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña
Abstract: 
The concept of social capital has received increasing attention in recent years. The complexity and multidimensionality that accompany the variable of social capital have caused confusion and ambiguity. This article presents a synthesis of social capital in three perspectives. From the individualistic or micro-social perspective, social capital is an "individual resource" that consists of the networks of relations of the focal subject that bring it a set of instrumental and expressive resources. For the communitarian or meso-social perspective, social capital is a "community resource" or set of attributes and properties present in the social structure (shared norms and values, private trust, closure ...) that facilitate its functioning and collective action. Finally, for the macrosocial perspective, social capital is a "macrosocial and macroinstitutional resource" resting on aspects such as civic-mindedness, general trust and social cohesion, which favors the functioning of the economy and society in general.
Subjects: 
Social capital
individual social capital
communitarian perspective of social capital
general trust
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