Social capital: a fad or a fundamental concept?*

By Elinor Ostrom. 2005

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Understanding the relationships between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: A conceptual framework (2014, unknown): “Human capital, ‘the acquired knowledge and skills that an individual brings to an activity’ (Ostrom, 2001; 175) is also important in how individuals access ecosystem services (Paudyal et al., 2006; Thoms, 2008).”
On the Determinants of Social Capital in Greece Compared to Countries of the European Union (2005, background): “…of social capital, in terms of generalized trust and widespread civic engagement, seem to achieve higher levels of growth, compared to societies with low trust and low civicness (e.g. Brown and Ashman, 1996; Heller, 1996; Knack and Keefer, 1997; Krishna and Uphoff, 1999; Ostrom, 2000; Rose, 2000).”
Risk, Cooperation and the Economic origins of social Trust: an empirical Investigation (2009, unknown): “Examples of farmer-managed irrigation systems are discussed by Bardhan (2000) and Meinzen-Dick et al. (2002) for contemporary India, and by Lam (1998) and Ostrom (2000) for Nepal.”
Social Capital and Natural Resource Management (2007, background): “…instance, the substitution of communities’ traditional governance for modern structures set up by the government contributed to rapid deforestation in Nepal (e.g., Agrawal, 1999; Agrawal & Ostrom, 1999; Gilmour & Fisher, 1991; Ives & Messerli, 1989; Waltner-Toews, Kay, Neudoerffer, & Gitau, 2003).”
A Tale of Two Scales: Evaluating the Relationship Among Life Satisfaction, Social Capital, Income, and the Natural Environment at Individual and Neighborhood Levels in Metropolitan Baltimore (2011, background): “This result strongly supports the conclusion that social capital is fundamentally a relational construct that relates to the shared knowledge and networks that facilitate collective experience within the neighborhood (Coleman, 1988; Ostrom, 1999; Putnam, 2001; Woolcock, 2001).”
Is Social Capital a Good Concept? (2012, unknown): “Although notably economists (Arrow 2000; Solow 2000; Ostrom 2000; Smith and Kulynych 2002) have argued that social capital is not capital in an economic sense and although all Putnamian definitions imply a different perception of social capital than in existing sociological definitions (Coleman’s…”
Knowledge flow and inter-firm networks: The influence of network resources, spatial proximity and firm size (2010, background): “These findings provide empirical support concerning the importance of social capital and trust-building as a means of accessing localized knowledge, especially among small firms (Coleman 1988; Ostrom 2000; Iyer, Kitson, and Toh 2005).”