Emerging High-Status Track in South Korea: Social Capital Formation in the Social Contexts of Foreign Language and General High Schools

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doo Hwan Kim ◽  
Ji Hye Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
High Status ◽  
The Social

When Social Capital Becomes Political Capital: Understanding the Social Contexts of Minority Candidates' Electoral Success in the American States

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Kenicia Wright ◽  
Ling Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Political Capital ◽  
Electoral Rules ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
The Social

Abstract Political scientists have long been interested in studying the elective office-holding of disadvantaged groups. However, this line of research primarily focuses on the representation of ethnic minorities in the U.S. Congress and identifies three types of determinants of minority candidates' electoral success: the demographic and political make-up of constituents, candidates' personal traits, and macro-level electoral rules. Much less attention is given to minority candidates' electoral success in statehouses. In this paper, we ask: what factors promote the electoral success of minority candidates in state legislatures? Beyond voter characteristics and electoral rules, we attribute minority candidates' electoral success to the social capital possessed by their in-group constituents. We theorize that social capital manifested as civic engagement and social connectedness, can become political capital for minority candidates. Using the Current Population Surveys Civic Engagement Supplement, we validate state-level measures of social capital by race and ethnicity. Linking group social capital to state legislative election outcomes, we find the stock of minority social capital contributes to the electoral success of minority candidates, while white social capital decreases minority candidates' electoral success. Key findings suggest social capital is a form of political capital for disadvantaged groups with private benefits for in-group candidates.

Eazidi Women's Practices of Empowerment and Capital Formation Following Enslavement by ISIS

2020 ◽  
pp. 487-508
Author(s):  
Kaziwa Salih
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Women Survivors ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Social Revolution ◽  
Middle Eastern Women ◽  
The Social ◽  
First Time

This chapter begins by surveying the historical context of rape in Iraq through the narrative of Eazidi women who escaped enslavement by ISIS. It then discusses the theology of rape in Islam, which has motivated ISIS to commit rape and legitimized the rape of Eazidi women. The chapter then theorizes the social capital of Middle Eastern women. The chapter argues that, for the first time, the Eazidi community in Iraq is altering the social consequences of rape by developing empowerment methods that amount to a social revolution within the Eazidi community. This empowerment not only protects Eazidi women survivors from experiencing common post-rape consequences but also increases their capital, in all its Bourdieusian forms.

A Study on the Social Capital Formation of Elite Athletes

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 63-79
Author(s):  
Jung-Min Lee ◽  
Jung-Yeon Lee ◽  
Kyung-Ro Chang
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
The Social
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