Evolutionary Process of Social Capital Formation through Community Currency Organizations: The Japanese Case

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 1171-1194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiromi Nakazato ◽  
Seunghoo Lim
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Japanese Case ◽  
Community Currency

Social Capital Formation across Space

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 296-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Fazio ◽  
Luciano Lavecchia
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Capital Formation

Social capital formation and local capture in decentralization

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akiko Abe
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Social Knowledge ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Local Leadership ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Communication Methods ◽  
Local Capture

This article traces the roots of social capital formation in Zambézia, Mozambique, using data from the fieldwork and introducing the analytical framework of social knowledge, and examines the issues of decentralization in societies with low stocks of social capital. The case of Zambézia suggests that traditions of collective action for common goods and good local leadership can be a key to enhance stocks of social capital. To overcome inequality and the so-called local capture problems in societies with low stocks of social capital, alternative communication methods, public-civil society partnership and more intensified allocation of researchers in the field are recommended.

scholarly journals The Role of Religious Ritual in Social Capital Formation for Poverty Alleviation and Social Development. Theoretical and Methodological Points of Departure of a South African Exploration

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 61-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cas Wepener ◽  
Marcel Barnard ◽  
Ignatius Swart ◽  
Gerrie ter Haar
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Development ◽  
South African ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Research Project ◽  
South African Society ◽  
Religious Ritual

AbstractThe article is a presentation of a South African research project in which researchers in the fields of ritual-liturgical studies and social development are collaborating to explore the role of religious ritual in the kinds of social capital formation that have a direct significance and implication for alleviating poverty and promoting social development at grassroots level. Focusing on Christian congregations in poor socio-economic contexts in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, the aim of the research is to understand social capital formation through the lens of religious ritual. The research project builds on the hypothesis that social capital has a role to play in the related goals of poverty alleviation and social development, something which it seeks to conceptualise and explore in greater detail. Within this framework the discussion explores and contextualises the conceptual link between social capital and the practice of religious ritual in present-day South African society by drawing on existing research and theoretical debates, both nationally and internationally. This enables the authors to present some additional notes on the key theoretical, conceptual and methodological points of departure of the undertaken project. These are followed by a number of concluding observations about the modes of investigation and action steps through which the research topic is currently being further developed.

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