He is also known for his work on social capital.

That is, social capital may provide value to both the individual and the group as a whole.

Building social capital means that you have other people who feel positive about what you've actually done over time.

Here social capital and cultural practices play far more important role even in economic development of the country.

Society works best when there is plenty of social capital.

One example of social capital is people in a community network who are willing to help each other.

Social capital is the willingness of people to help each other.

If there is no social capital, war and revolution often results.

According to his book, these positive outcomes are the result of parents' social capital in a community.

But there also is an interesting form of social capital on display.

The kids whose families might not have the social capital to navigate the system.

The organization has continued to generate social capital for nearly 100 years.

They think that society has put its social capital into the artist and the artist's work.

Thus, community recognition can be defined as a form of social capital.

For more on these subjects, see the social capital entry.

Many studies measure social capital by asking the question: "do you trust the others?"

Recent research on social capital is now serving as an explanation for this change.

"Companies do far better to harness this kind of social capital than to fight against it."

There's social capital: the knowledge of how to behave in groups and within institutions.

Collective action is thus an indicator of increased social capital.

Social capital is particularly important in terms of education.

For these families, literacy was a form of social capital that could be passed from one generation to the next.

They also had lower rates of depression, higher social capital, and less alcohol abuse.

Finally, social capital is often linked to the success of democracy and political involvement.

According to this view, individuals could use social capital to further their own career prospects, rather than for the good of organisations.