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Social Capital: Individuals
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Social capital is both affected by and affects social power structures. The ability to create or destroy social capital will depend on how power structures and traditional norms of association are engaged by field staff of external agencies. Social divisions have to be overtly recognised, actively negotiated and represented if there is to be inclusion of hitherto excluded individuals.
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For years, sociologists and some management experts have encouraged leaders to develop what they call "social capital." Scholar Francis Fukuyama defines it as the "informal norm that promotes cooperation between two or more individuals." Basically, it is the stuff that makes up human relationships. Federal managers long have been good at developing what could be called "bureaucratic capital," or the ability
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Social capital is defined by its function. It is not a single entity, but a variety of different entities, having two characteristics in common: they all consist of some aspect of a social structure, and they facilitate certain actions of individuals who are within the structure' (Coleman 1994: 302).
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