Interpersonal Trust and Mutually Beneficial Exchanges: Measuring Social Capital for Comparative Analysis

Abstract: There are at least two significantly different approaches to the conceptualisation of social capital. Advocates of the most influential stream define social capital primarily as an attribute of societies, as an innate characteristic of the social environment based on the high degree of interpersonal & institutional trust facilitating people's co-operation. Adherents of the other stream define social capital in terms of mutually beneficial exchanges based on social connections & informal networks allowing individuals to achieve their own particular goals. The former approach prevails in 'western' countries, while the latter one prevails in the study of social change in post-communist societies where social capital drawing from interpersonal trust seems to be rather low. The aim of this article is to contribute to the conceptualisation & measurement of social capital, with a special emphasis on its role in post-communist societies. The authors attempt to develop a measurement model f

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet ; In: Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review ; 42 (2006) 3 ; 493-516

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wann): 2006
• Urheber: Vitaskova, Anna ; Mateju, Petr

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-56526
• Rechteinformation: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 25.03.2025, 13:50 MEZ