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What
is social capital
Social capital is generally referred to as the set of trust, institutions,
social norms, social networks, and organizations that shape the interactions
of actors within a society and are an asset for the individual and
collective production of well-being.
At the macro level, social capital can affect the economic performance
and the processes of economic growth and development. These webpages
contain useful resources for researchers,
teachers, students, and practitioners interested in social interactions
and social capital, in their role in the well-being of communities,
and in their relationship with human, social and economic development.
Social Capital
Resources
• Reading list
Readings for the study of social capital. All downloadable papers
are linked. As regards published articles, links connect to older
versions, freely available on the web pages of authors and institutions.
Sections in grey are still under construction.
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Digital Libraries
This section collects every information I acquire about conferences,
workshops, and seminars on social capital and social interactions.
• Web sites
Collection of web sites on social capital, social interactions,
and related topics, such as poverty, social and economic development,
civil society, and the welfare state.
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Social Scientists
Directory of researchers interested in social capital, civil society
and social interactions. The list includes anthropologists, economists,
political scientists, psychologists, and sociologists.
• Geography
of social capital studies
Following sections catalogue social capital studies according to
the particular country on which their main focus is devoted.
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Africa
• Asia
• Central and Northern America
• Eastern Europe
• India
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Italy
• Latin America
• Oceania
• United
States
• Western Europe
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Generic
Resources for Social Sciences
• Working
Papers
To search for every kind of social science working paper.
• Databases
and E-Journals
This section brings together links to the richest collections of
resources for social sciences - such as SOSIG, RFE, and Sociosite
- and other fundamental resources to find every kind of scientific
publications.
• Social
Sciences Departments
Links to world Universities, Social Science Departments
and to a brief selection of Economics and Sociology Departments.
• Useful Links
Useful links for social sciences research. This section includes
resources to find research centers, international organizations,
national institutions and other useful informations, partititioned
into three categories:
• Fundamental
Resources
• International organizations
• Italian institutions and research institutes |
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News & Events
Upcoming conferences
on social capital and related themes
New Economics Papers on Social
Norms & Social Capital: a new service within
the RePEc Project
Submit
your papers
on social norms & social capital to EconWPA
Master
in Rural Development in Developing Countries at the University
of Rome La Sapienza. A special 70-hours course
will be devoted to social capital.
European
3rd Sector Summer School organized by the University
of Urbino.
What is Social Capital?
International conference in Bugibba, Malta, September, 20-22.
PASCAL International Conference
on "Making Knowledge Work" in Stirling,
Scotland, October, 2005.
8th
International Conference on "Linking Systems Thinking,
Innovation Quality, Entrepreneurship and Environment"
in Maribor, Slovenia, June 2006.
Social Capital and Social Networks,
a session of the XVI IZA Congress of Sociology, in Durban, South
Africa, July, 2006.
Other Events on
social capital
and related topics |
Social
capital
virtual network
Please write
me if you want to announce a conference,
meeting, workshop or similar event of interest to researchers
interested in social capital and related topics. Your
announce will be posted on this web site and will eventually
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Not only
social capital
This website collects also generic
resources, like working papers collections, databases,
and other useful informations for social sciences.
Rankings
of
World Universities
This section collects links to web sites reporting rankings
of world universities and departments.
Other Relevant Upcoming Conferences
ACSEG
12th International Meeting, Aix en Provence,
France, 17-18 November 2005
3rd PhD Conference in Economics
in Turin, Italy, 8-10 september 2005
8th International
Meetinf of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare,
Istanbul, 13-17 July, 2006.
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