(noun) The social networks or connections that an individual has available to them due group membership.
- Coined by Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2003), who emphasized that cultural capital is taught through socialization and used to exclude the lower class.
- IPA Pronunciation
- American English
- /ˈsoʊʃ(ə)l ˈkæpədl/
- British English
- /ˈsəʊʃl ˈkapᵻtl/
- American English
- Syllabification: (so·cial cap·i·tal)
- Plural: social capitals
- Nepotism is a manifestation of social capital.
- Word origin of “social” and “capital” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
- Bourdieu, Pierre. 1986. “The Forms of Capital.” In Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education, edited by J. G. Richardson. New York: Greenwood.
- anticipatory socialization
- peer group
- social network
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Bell, Kenton, ed. 2016. “social capital.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved September 17, 2019 (https://sociologydictionary.org/social-capital/).
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social capital. (2016). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/social-capital/
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Bell, Kenton, ed. 2016. “social capital.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed September 17, 2019. https://sociologydictionary.org/social-capital/.
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“social capital.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2016. Web. 17 Sep. 2019. <https://sociologydictionary.org/social-capital/>.