The Role of Social Capital to Collective Action in Agribusiness Complex Forms of Governance: An Analysis of Brazilian Beef Alliances

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Otavio Bau Macedo
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Complex Forms

Economic Significance of Social Capital

2011 ◽  
pp. 46-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Polishchuk ◽  
R. Menyashev
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Formal Institutions ◽  
Transmission Channels ◽  
Economic Significance ◽  
Bonding And Bridging ◽  
The Impact

The paper deals with economics of social capital which is defined as the capacity of society for collective action in pursuit of common good. Particular attention is paid to the interaction between social capital and formal institutions, and the impact of social capital on government efficiency. Structure of social capital and the dichotomy between its bonding and bridging forms are analyzed. Social capital measurement, its economic payoff, and transmission channels between social capital and economic outcomes are discussed. In the concluding section of the paper we summarize the results of our analysis of the role of social capital in economic conditions and welfare of Russian cities.

Aid, social capital and local collective action: attitudes towards community-based health funds and village organizations in Rushan, Tajikistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eelco Jacobs ◽  
Irna Hofman
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Community Based ◽  
External Agents ◽  
Action Theories ◽  
Effective Development

Abstract Despite overwhelming interest in the role of social capital in international development, attention to the interplay of community-based development aid with local collective-action dynamics in Central Asia and particularly Tajikistan has remained limited. This paper investigates donor-induced local institutions for collective action in rural Tajikistan with a focus on the introduction of a community-based health insurance. Social capital and collective-action theories are used to interpret results from qualitative research in two Rushan District villages in the Gorno-Badakhshan region. By highlighting the role of donor embeddedness, and the perceived legitimacy of different decision-making structures, the article contends that the perception of such externally-induced change depends on the community’s capacity to reach beyond the intra-communal solidarity network through bridging and linking capital. The findings suggest this can be fostered by addressing trust, and the role of effective development brokers, with due attention to power relations within communities and towards external agents.

Examining the Role of Social Capital in Community Collective Action for Sustainable Wetland Fisheries in Bangladesh

Wetlands ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Tuihedur Rahman ◽  
Gordon M. Hickey ◽  
Swapan K. Sarker
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Collective Action

scholarly journals DAMPAK MODAL SOSIAL DALAM PENGELOLAAN IRIGASI TERHADAP KESEJAHTERAAN PETANI DI KABUPATEN SUKOHARJO JAWA TENGAH

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Sri Asih Rohmani
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Value System ◽  
Resource Sustainability ◽  
Cooperation Network ◽  
Effective Instrument ◽  
Community Area

Regulation in the utilization of irrigation as Common Pool Resources-CPRs is really needed to overcome water limitation. Conducive conditions for the irrigation management on overall hydrological unit will be strengthened by the presence of social capital. Social capital plays a role in the mechanism of collective action formation on the management of CPRs whose existence depends on the people’s social and cultural environment. Trust will reduce transaction costs and facilitate the formation of social cooperation (network). Establishment of social bonds and norms in the groups become an effective instrument for resource sustainability. The study aims to analyze the role of social capital in the irrigation management and its impact to the farmers welfare. The study was conducted from April to August 2014 In Sukoharjo,with 320 respondents who represent the hydrological diversity unit of 12 districts in Sukoharjo. Using the two levels regression analysis, namely at the micro-level (farmers household) and meso-level (community) to see the effect of different variables: social capital of farmer households (Iik), social capital of community (Mk), area access (R), access and availability of water resources (Hdr), external environment (E), the collective action of irrigation management (TK), farmers satisfaction (Stfy), highly significant effect to the farmer household welfare (Sik) and community level (wk). Social capital of community, area access, access and availability of water resources have a significant effect to the society welfare (Wk). Therefore, the implementation of irrigation management should provide space for the establishment of social capital accompanied by policies harmonization between the formal regulations and informal rules in the form of the value system and culture that flourished in the society life.

scholarly journals Impact of Social Capital on Health Safety During the SARS - CoV - 2 Flu Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 304-344
Author(s):  
Felicjan Bylok
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Lower Number ◽  
Health Safety ◽  
Care System

Abstract This paper describes the role of social capital in terms of stimulating activities aimed at improving health safety in times of the Covid 19 pandemic. Ensuring health safety constitutes one of the fundamental aims of every health care system, which is executed by means of multiple institutions associated with health care, as well as through collective action. Social capital stimulates collective action with the aim of stopping the spread of the pandemic. The aim of this paper is to search for ties between social capital and the spread of the pandemic in Poland. As a result of empirical research, it was established that strong social capital had a significant impact on the lower number of Covid-19 infections in provinces in Poland. Simultaneously, this impact is dependent on the level of infections in society. The greater the number of Covid-19 infections, the less social capital restricts the spread of the pandemic.

Cooperation, Norms, and Moral Motivation

1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Moral Motivation ◽  
Moral Belief ◽  
Normative Belief ◽  
Conceptual Connection ◽  
Collective Action Problems ◽  
Humean View ◽  
Rule Out

AbstractIt has been said that norms can solve collective action problems. To endorse a norm is to hold a normative belief. This article insists that we try to isolate moral motivation - motivation by moral belief - as such, and that its existence cannot be taken for granted. Accepting the Humean view that belief alone cannot motivate, the article rejects the thesis that there is a necessary or conceptual connection between moral belief and motivation; it warns that in looking for motivational powers or effects of normative belief we must take care to rule out the possibility that the motivation is merely derived from existing desires; and it argues that deliberation and evaluation do not produce desires purely out of beliefs. These considerations are among the necessary preliminaries to getting clear about the role of ‘social capital’ in solving collective action problems.

The Conceptual Framework: Collective Action, Trust, Culture, and Ideas

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Lorenzo Capussela
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Collective Action Problem ◽  
Personal Trust

This chapter completes the theoretical framework of the book by juxtaposing institutional economics with the literature on the collective action problem, social norms, culture, and ideas. It discusses the foundations of the collective action problem and the role of institutions—formal (laws) and informal (social norms)—in overcoming it. It links these studies with those on social capital, civicness, and the origins of generalized inter-personal trust. It criticizes the view—frequent in analyses of Italy—that a society’s culture is an independent obstacle to its development, and argues conversely that institutions, civicness, trust, and culture are part of the extant social order, and co-evolve. It ends with a discussion of the role of ideas, which are freer from the grip of the extant equilibrium and can lead elites, distributional coalitions, and ordinary citizens and firms to revise their assessment of their own interests and support efficiency-enhancing reforms.

The mediating role of sense of virtual community

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 882-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsin Hsin Chang ◽  
Pei-Hsuan Hsieh ◽  
Chen Su Fu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Relational Capital ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Knowledge Contribution

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive model to illustrate the mediating role of sense of virtual community (SOVC) in virtual communities of practices (VCoPs). The interrelations between social capital and collective action in terms of knowledge contribution in the VCoP context are also examined. Design/methodology/approach A total of 253 members from the Zclub and Jorsindo, responded to the survey. PLS-SEM path modeling was used to analyze survey data. Findings Members’ structural capital and cognitive capital both positively and significantly influence members’ SOVC, and, in turn, their SOVC influences relational capital. Research limitations/implications The study linked two theories, namely, social capital and theory of collective action, to discuss knowledge contribution in VCoPs. Social capital and SOVC have significant and positive effects on knowledge contribution in VCoPs. Practical implications Knowledge contributions in VCoPs are created through interactions among members, as well as the facilitation resulting from shared visions. Administrators can promote the formation of social-interaction ties in VCoPs to reinforce the formation of social capital and a SOVC. Social implications Administrators of knowledge-oriented groups must strive to sustain proper levels of SOVC among members to ensure their continued participation in VCoPs. Originality/value The main objectives of this study were to examine the effects of social capital (structural, cognitive, and relational capitals) on the quality and quantity of knowledge contribution. SOVC was proposed as a mediator in the relationship between structural and/or cognitive capital toward relational capital.

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