...keeping with what Robert D. Putnam seemed to have in mind when he wrote that social capital refers to "features of social organization, such as networks,...facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit." Social capital, continued Putnam, who has written frequently on civic and community life,...

...barriers similar to ethnic differences.) Societies differ in their stock of "social capital — those features of social organization such as networks,...facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit" (Putnam 1993, 36). These structures depend on traditions o( collaboration and a certain level...

...regularly by conflict theorist James Coleman (1957, 1990). Putnam (1993a) notes: "Social capital" refers to features of social organization, such as networks,...facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit. . . . First, networks of civic engagement foster sturdy norms of generalized reciprocity:...

...Based on his extensive research in diverse regions of Italy, the key factor is "social capital," the features of social organization, such as networks,...trust, that facilitate coordination and cooperation. Social capital enhances the benefits of investment in physical and human capital. Working together...

...innovation. Social capital, according to Fountain (1998: 85), refers to features of social organizations, such as networks, norms, and trust, that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefits. The Internet, with its associated information and human resources, has helped in the creation...

...participatory analysis is used to revise the Conflict Management Plan. 6 Social capital can be defined as 'features of social organization, such as networks,...facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit'. It is argued that 'working together is easier in a community blessed with a substantial stock...

...societies function on a day-to-day basis. Civil society encompasses voluntary aspects, such as those "features of social organization, such as networks,...facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit" (Putnam 1993). It also encompasses structural aspects, such as institutional responsiveness...

...capital," referred to earlier, also invokes moral economy notions of reciprocity. Social capital "refers to features of social organization, such as networks,...facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit."60 The important thing about social capital is that it is a public good and that, unlike physical...

...on social capital elaborates on the nature of horizontal relations. Social capital consists of "the features of social organization, such as networks,...facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit" (Putnam 1993: 36). Communities with positive economic development and effective governments...

...shared goals. These forms of participation promote the formation of social capital, which Putnam defines as "features of social organization, such as networks,...facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit" (1993b:35). 3 Horizontal networks of social interaction and the density of associational life...