Social capital grafts social structure onto rational-choice theory.
Evidence
Use of the concept of social capital is part of a general theoretical strategy discussed in the paper: taking rational action as a starting point but rejecting the extreme individualistic premises that often accompany it. The conception of social capital as a resource for action is one way of introducing social structure into the rational action paradigm. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 7
Categorization
- XREF: The analytical move of standing inside rational action theory while rejecting individualism echoes the reader’s frame on Sciascia’s Bellodi, who must reason about rational actors embedded in an anti-state community. — connects to: Social capital consists of networks, not the trust they generate; Social capital is productive, structural, and defined by its function.; Economists have begun importing sociological insights about social organization into exchange theory — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 21 (+4 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 7
Broader Connections
- Social capital consists of networks, not the trust they generate
#expands(0.85) - Social capital is productive, structural, and defined by its function.
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