Resources for the Study of Social Capital

Publication: Journal of Economic Education

Volume: 36, No. 2

Issue: Spring 2005

Pages: 198

Author(s): Fabio Sabatini

Address (Principal Author):
Fabio Sabatini

PhD Student

University of Rome La Sapienza

Via del Castro Laurenziano 9

Rome  00161

Italy

 

Fax Number: +39-064462040

Office Phone: +39-0649766843

Internet Address (Principal Author): Fabio.Sabatini@uniroma1.it

Title: Resources for the Study of Social Capital

URL: http://w3.uniroma1.it/soccap/eng-index.htm

Descriptive Note:

The Social Capital Website, available in English and Italian, contains useful resources for researchers, teachers, and students interested in social capital and social interactions, and in their relationship to human, social and economic development. Social capital is a multidimensional concept that includes the set of social norms (such as trust), social networks, and organizations that influence relations among people.  It constitutes an asset for the production of well-being. For economics, the concept of social capital can be a useful analytical tool to understand the relational dimension of economic action, and to explain some macro phenomena such as growth differentials among similar economies.

The Website contains an extensive and constantly updated reading list that can be used by teachers as a source of bibliographic references for their graduate and undergraduate students. Readings are divided into 11 sections covering topics in micro and macroeconomics, development economics and institutional economics, both from a theoretical and an empirical point of view. For undergraduate students, the reading list provides an easy access to readings indicated by the course bibliography. For graduate students, it provides constantly updated resources for current debates, giving them the opportunity to broaden their research activity. The Website includes other useful resources for teaching and learning economics, such as links to conferences, seminars and workshop announcements, Websites and databases on topics related to development, growth and poverty. 

 

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