Social Capital Quotes

“The function identified by the concept of 'social capital' is the value of these aspects of social structure to actors as resources they can use to achieve their interests.”

“Unlike other forms of capital, social capital inheres in the structure of relations between actors and among actors.”

“Social capital is defined by its function. It is not a single entity but a variety of different entities, with two elements in common: they all consist of some aspect of social structures, and they facilitate certain actions of actors - whether persons or corporate actors - within the structure.”

“If the human capital possessed by parents is not complemented by social capital embodied in family relations, it is irrelevant to the child's educational growth that the parent has a great deal of human capital.”

“For a child, the social capital of the family is the set of relations between the child and parents.”

“A major problem in modern society is the loss of the social capital that in the past was vested in the family and the neighborhood community.”

“The social capital of a group is the ability of the group to act together for common purposes.”