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The dynamic structure of social capital: how interpersonal connections create communitywide benefits

The article proposes a system model through which the relationship between social capital and its benefits can be understood. It starts giving a brief overview of the concept, and mapping some assumptions regarding social capital, such as “Societies with high social capital are generally believed to be better off”.

Basically, social capital is understood as the connections among people which influence collective action and the obtaining of benefits out of these actions.

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• system dynamic model
• theoretical framework

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Community Informatics and Sustainability: Why Social Capital Matters

The article makes a point to connect the sustainability of ICT projects to social capital. “Social capital is used to describe beneficial outcomes that can be derived from multiplaying existing community assets, such as trust, reciprocity and cooperation, shared values and norms, pro-activity and leadership, and a strong sens of community that can result from interaction and participation in strong social networks in a community”.

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• community informatics
• ICT4D
• social capital

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