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Bridges in social capital: A review of the definitions and the social capital of social capital researchers

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Akcomak, Semih () (UNU-MERIT, and Maastricht University)

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There has been a recent surge of interest in social economics and social capital. Articles on social capital that are published in the last five years constitute more than 60 percent of all articles on social capital. Research on social capital is now massive and spans sociology, economics, management, political science and health sciences. Despite this interest there is still not a consensus on the definition and the measurement of social capital. This paper argues that this is due to lack of interaction between disciplines. The social capital of social capital researchers is low between disciplines. Different from other theories of capital, social capital theory has concurrently been developed by various disciplines and as such, advancements in social capital research could only be achieved by conducting cross-disciplinary research.

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Paper provided by United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology in its series UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series with number 002.

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Keywords: Capital; social capital; co-authorship network; network analysis; diffusion processes;

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A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
O33 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Social Norms and Social Capital; Social Networks Economic Anthropology

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