The role of ethnicity, class, and gender in social capital formation

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moosung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
And Gender

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.

scholarly journals Publishing, signaling, social capital, and gender: Determinants of becoming a tenured professor in German political science

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0243514
Author(s):  
Martin Schröder ◽  
Mark Lutter ◽  
Isabel M. Habicht
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Event History Analysis ◽  
Journal Article ◽  
Third Party ◽  
University Departments ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Leaky Pipeline ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Party Funding

We apply event history analysis to analyze career and publication data of virtually all political scientists in German university departments, showing that each published refereed journal article increases a political scientist’s chance for tenure by 9 percent, while other publications affect the odds for tenure only marginally and in some cases even negatively. Each received award and third party funding increases the odds for tenure by respectively 41 and 26 percent, while international experience, social capital and children hardly have a strong influence. Surprisingly, having degrees from a German university of excellence strongly decreases the odds for tenure. Women with similar credentials have at least 20 percent higher odds to get tenure than men. Our data therefore suggests that the lower factual hiring rates of women are better explained by a leaky pipeline, e.g. women leaving academia, rather than because women are not hired even when they are as productive as men. The article contributes to a better understanding of the role of meritocratic and non-meritocratic factors in achieving highly competitive job positions.

The role of social capital and gender in linking financial suppliers and entrepreneurial firms: A framework for future research

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candida G. Brush ◽  
Nancy M. Carter ◽  
Patricia G. Greene ◽  
Myra M. Hart ◽  
Elizabeth Gatewood
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Entrepreneurial Firms ◽  
And Gender
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