...are fundamental to human development. Social Capital Robert Putnam has defined social capital as the "features of social organization, such as networks,...facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit" (Putnam 1993: 1). Deepa Narayan, in exploring the benefits of social capital, has differentiated between...

...inequity, and ill-health (Kawachi and Kennedy 1997). Social capital has been formally defined as "those features of social organization, such as networks,...co-ordination and co-operation for mutual benefit" (Putnam et al. 1993, cited in Harrison 1999, p. 132). The social consequences of income inequality...

...Alone: America's Declining Social Capital," Journal of Democracy, Vol. 6, No. 1 (January 1995), p. 67, social capital "refers to features of social organization such as networks, norms, and social trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation . . . [and] can serve as a cultural template...

...notions of physical capital and human capital - tools and training that enhance individual productivity - "social capital" refers to features of social organization such as networks, norms, and social trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit. For a variety of reasons,...

...In his book on Italy, Putnam argues that social capital provided the key to "making democracy work." Social capital refers to "features of social organization such as networks, norms, and social trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit." Putnam shows that Italian...

...political scientists to discuss civic participation by referring to social capital. As Putnam defines it, "social capital refers to features of social organization such as networks, norms, and social trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit." While rarely mentioned...

..."social capital," according to Putnam (1993), refers to the features of social organization including networks, norms, and trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit. Putnam recognized that in regions with high social capital, residents are engaged in public issues,...

...community can itself be considered an asset depends on its 'stocks' of social capital, identified as the networks, norms and trust that facilitate co-ordination and co-operation for mutual benefit. These are the reciprocal exchanges that exist first and foremost, between individuals and households,...

...physical capital and human capital — tools and training that enhance individual productivity," the term social capital "refers to features of social organization,...facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit."-2 Its decline has paralleled a decline in our trust of public institutions and one another....

...social capital by separating its cognitive and structural aspects. Social capital consists of "the features of social organization, such as networks,...coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit," according to Putnam (1993, p. 36). Communities with positive economic development and effective governments...