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Chapter 2: What is Social Capital and How Does It Work to Improve Health?

In: The Economics of Social Capital and Health A Conceptual and Empirical Roadmap

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Social capital, a recent important reconceptualization of an old and well-respected idea, developed from ideas of community known for hundreds of years — perhaps millennia. John Locke explained its value: “God having made Man such a Creature, that, in his own Judgment, it was not good for him to be alone, put him under strong Objectives of Necessity, Convenience and Inclination to drive him into Society as well as fitted him with the Understanding and Language to continue to enjoy it” (1689, p. 318)…

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  • Sherman Folland, 2014. "Chapter 2: What is Social Capital and How Does It Work to Improve Health?," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Sherman Folland & Lorenzo Rocco (ed.), The Economics of Social Capital and Health A Conceptual and Empirical Roadmap, chapter 2, pages 9-15, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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