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Understanding social inclusion, social cohesion and social capital
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In this article, Sen's concepts of commodities and capabilities are used to develop a framework for understanding the related concepts of social capital, social cohesion, and inclusion, and the analysis on existing empirical research on the social motivations of behavior and the importance on social inclusion in institutional design.Abstract:
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to delineate the concepts of social inclusion, social cohesion, and social capital.Design/methodology/approach – This paper reviews the existing literature and uses the ideas of Amartya Sen to develop a research and policy approach to these concepts.Findings – Specifically, the paper uses Sen's concepts of commodities and capabilities to develop a framework for understanding the related concepts of social capital, social cohesion, and inclusion.Research limitations/implications – While the approach is largely theoretical, the paper bases the analysis on existing empirical research on the social motivations of behavior and the importance on social inclusion in institutional design.Practical implications – Practically, it is hoped that the framework provides a platform for empirical research on social inclusion and cohesion, two concepts that have largely been ignored in the research on social capital.Originality/value – As such, this paper can serve as a guide to empi...read more
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Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community
TL;DR: As an example of how the current "war on terrorism" could generate a durable civic renewal, Putnam points to the burst in civic practices that occurred during and after World War II, which he says "permanently marked" the generation that lived through it and had a "terrific effect on American public life over the last half-century."
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Social Capital or Social Cohesion: What Matters For Subjective Well-Being?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that data on the individual level should only be used to analyze the relationship between social capital, social cohesion indicators and subjective well-being and that they do not allow commenting on the level of social cohesion in a society.
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Access to social insurance in urban China: a comparative study of rural-urban and urban-urban migrants in Beijing
TL;DR: In this paper, a new way of examining Chinese migrants' social insurance participation, by adopting a framework that includes both rural-to-urban migrants and urban-tourban migrants, which are an important but less studied, migrant group.
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Exploring the Link between ICT and Development in the Context of Developing Countries: A Literature Review
Devinder Thapa,Øystein Sæbø +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a literature review examines 80 articles to identify various development theories and the role of technologies in the development process, while scanning the articles, Sen's capability approach (CA) emerged as a suitable framework with which to explore the link between ICT and D.
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Building collective capabilities through ICT in a mountain region of Nepal: where social capital leads to collective action †
TL;DR: It is proposed that ICT helps to create or enhance SC of communities which in turn can lead to development by building collective capabilities through collective action, and further that developing collective capabilities also simultaneously enhanced individual capabilities.
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
TL;DR: Putnam as mentioned in this paper showed that changes in work, family structure, age, suburban life, television, computers, women's roles and other factors are isolating Americans from each other in a trend whose reflection can clearly be seen in British society.
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A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
TL;DR: Cognitive dissonance theory links actions and attitudes as discussed by the authors, which holds that dissonance is experienced whenever one cognition that a person holds follows from the opposite of at least one other cognition that the person holds.
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Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of African Americans
Claude M. Steele,Joshua Aronson +1 more
TL;DR: The role of stereotype vulnerability in the standardized test performance of ability-stigmatized groups is discussed and mere salience of the stereotype could impair Blacks' performance even when the test was not ability diagnostic.
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Does Social Capital Have an Economic Payoff? A Cross-Country Investigation
Stephen Knack,Philip Keefer +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used indicators of trust and civic norms from the World Values Surveys for a sample of 29 market economies and found that membership in formal groups is not associated with trust or with improved economic performance.
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Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community
TL;DR: As an example of how the current "war on terrorism" could generate a durable civic renewal, Putnam points to the burst in civic practices that occurred during and after World War II, which he says "permanently marked" the generation that lived through it and had a "terrific effect on American public life over the last half-century."