Social Capital

Social capital is a set of shared values that allows individuals to work together in a group to effectively achieve a common purpose. The idea is generally used to describe how members are able to band together in society to live harmoniously.

Components of Social Capital

• Bonds: Links to people based on a sense of common identity (“people like us”) such as family, close friends and people who share our culture or ethnicity.
• Bridges: Links that stretch beyond a shared sense of identity, for example to distant friends, colleagues and associates.
• Linkages: Links to people or groups further up or lower down ....