the course materials suggest which of the following with regard to social capital?

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What is meant by social capital?

May 09, 2017 · Question 3 5 out of 5 points The course materials suggest which of the following with regard to social capital? Answers: Being famous is the key to having social capital, online and offline. Social media are damaging to young people, who are unable to effectively cope with the complex status relations that form in online networks. Many social media users …

What is the best book on the decline of social capital?

Social Capital Social relationships and ties that facilitate collective action in a community. - It is the features of social organization, such as networks, norms, and trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit

How does social capital affect education and health?

2 Achieving Success Through Social Capital depends on w h o you know—the size, quality, and diversity of your personal and business networks. But beyond that, social capital also depends on who you d o n ’t k n o w, if you are indi-rectly connected to them via your networks. “Capital” emphasizes that social capital, like human capi-tal or financial capital, is productive: It enables …

What makes a significant generator of social capital?

May 09, 2017 · Question 1 5 out of 5 points Identify which of the following statement(s) is/are true based on the course materials. (Check as many as apply. Partial credit is available for this question.) Answers: The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a lobbying organization that defends the legal and economic interests of mobile carriers and broadband providers both in the United …

What is social capital?

Whereas physical capital refers to physical objects and human capital refers to the properties of individuals, social capital refers to connections among individuals – social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them.

What is Robert Putnam's conclusion?

Conclusion: Robert Putnam and informal education. Robert Putnam’s discussion of social capital provides informal educators with a powerful rationale for their activities – after all the classic working environment for the informal educator is the group, club or organization.

What did Robert Putnam conclude about civic engagement?

He then went on to demonstrate that on a range indicators of civic engagement including voting, political participation, newspaper readership, and participation in local associations that there were serious grounds for concern . It appeared that America’s social capital was in decline. He concluded:

Where does Robert Putnam live?

He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, and Jaffrey, New Hampshire.

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The Civic Community

Social Capital

  • The notion of social capital has been around for decades (see the article on social capitalelsewhere on these pages for a fuller treatment). It is with the work of Jane Jacobs (1961), Pierre Bourdieu (1983), James S. Coleman (1988) and Robert D. Putnam (1993; 2000) that it has come into prominence. This is how Putnam (2000: 19) introduces the idea: In other words, intera…
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Civic Involvement – The Bowling Alone Phenomenon

  • In 1995 Robert Putnam followed up his work on civic involvement in Italy with an exploration of US experience. He began with the same thesis: ‘the quality of public life and the performance of social institutions (and not only in America) are… powerfully influenced by norms and networks of civic engagement’ (1995: 66). He then went on to demonstrate that on a range indicators of civi…
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Social Capital and Social Change

  • The follow-up US study to Bowling Alonehas also stimulated debate. The first findings from the study found that, in the short run, immigration and ethnic diversity tended to reduce social solidarity and social capital. In ethnically diverse neighbourhoods residents of all races tend to ‘hunker down’. Trust (even of one’s own ‘race’) is lower, altruism and community cooperation rar…
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Conclusion: Robert Putnam and Informal Education

  • Robert Putnam’s discussion of social capital provides informal educators with a powerful rationale for their activities – after all the classic working environment for the informal educator is the group, club or organization. The evidence and analysis also provides a stunning case against those who want to target work towards those who present the most significant problems and ti…
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Bibliography and Further Reading

  • Putnam, R. D. (1993) Making Democracy Work. Civic traditions in modern Italy, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 258 + xv pages. Based on substantial empirical research, this book argues that the quality of civic life is central the cultivation of successful institutions in a democratic society. The book makes particular use of the notion of social capital. Putnam, R. D. …
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References

  • Aberbach, J. D., R. D. Putnam, B. A. Rockman (1981) Bureaucrats and politicians in western democracies, Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. Beem, C. (1999) The Necessity of Politics. Reclaiming American public life, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Bourdieu, P. (1983) ‘Forms of capital’ in J. C. Richards (ed.) Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociol…
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Links

  • Going Bowling. Listen to a National Public Radio on interview by Robert Siegel. Acknowledgement: Picture: Robert Putnam – by Thomastheo – released for use under the under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 How to cite this article: Smith, M. K. (2001, 2007) ‘Robert Putnam’, The encyclopedia of pedagogy and informal education, www.infed.org/thinkers/…
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