Maternal social capital and child wellbeing in comparative perspective

Working paper

Social capital is defined as the norms, networks and associations that facilitate cooperative action. It can be divided into a behavioural or activity component of what people do – how they participate in groups – and a cognitive or perceptual component of what people think – whether they trust other people. While a growing body of literature focuses on social capital in developing and developed countries, the term has been criticised both conceptually and in terms of its policy relevance. ...

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Authors: Harpham, T; De Silva, M; Garlick, C

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Series: Working Paper
• Publication date: 2006-01-01
• ISBN: 1904427324
• Language: English
• Keywords: policy-influence; research; social capital; well-being
• Subjects: Families,children and childcare; Developing countries; Women; Poverty; Children and youth