Sociology 699J: Surveys in Developing Countries

Social & Cultural Capital

Types of capital

• Overview
• Economic capital
• Human capital
• Social capital
• Cultural capital
• Social Capital
• Individual vs. Collective
• Social networks vs. Formal Associations vs. Trust
• "Good" vs. "Bad"
• Bonding vs. Bridging
• Cultural Capital
• High vs. middle brow culture
• Cool vs. geeky
• Western vs. Sanskritized

Why are we interested? What kinds of hypotheses?

• mother's education -> more social & cultural capital -> health care access
• mother's education -> more social & cultural capital -> children's school success
• bridging social capital -> low ethnic violence
• neighborhood social capital -> low crime
• parental status -> cultural capital -> status attainment
• friends who use contraceptives -> own contraceptive adoption

How do we measure?

• Social capital
• World Bank: associations, trust, networks
• UP-Bihar village survey: village associations
• GSS: networks, trust
• Sampson: collective efficacy, hh to neighborhood
• Watkins: networks
• Cultural capital
• Bourdieu
• DiMaggio
• developing countries?

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