The Journal of Socio-Economics articles from March 2001

The Journal of Socio-Economics archives from March 2001

Democratic capitalism vs. binary economics.(Cover Story)
March 1, 2001... Keith Wilde [*] Capitalism needs democracy as a counterweight because the capitalist system by itself shows no tendency toward equilibrium... Financial markets are inherently unstable... George Soros, 1998 Soros' arguments in support...

Community conflict resolution: the development of social capital within an interactional field.
March 1, 2001... Purpose: In recent years, we have seen the concept of social capital incorporated into academic and popular discourse within the United States and across the globe. Social capital has been linked to the differences in land sale prices among...

For whom does the school bell toll? Multi-contextual presence of social capital and student educational achievement.
March 1, 2001... Lionel J. Beaulieu [a, *], Glenn D. Israel [b], Glen Hartless [c], Patricia Dyk [d] 1. Introduction Promoting the academic success of America's youth has been a subject of intense interest within national circles over the course of...

Family as source, user, and builder of social capital.
March 1, 2001... Purpose: For many years, family scholars have documented the significance of the family as a major institution for carrying out essential functions for individuals and societies: reproductive, physical sustenance, economic maintenance,...

Civic life in Gray Mountain: sizing up the legacy of New England's blue-collar middle class.
March 1, 2001... When President Clinton took Congressional and business leaders on a tour early this summer to places where chronic poverty has persisted despite the nation's booming economy, they visited Appalachia's coalfields, the Mississippi Delta, the Pine...

The role of microenterprise development in stimulating social capital and rebuilding inner city economies: A practitioner perspective.
March 1, 2001... 1. Introduction Across the country, we are witnessing a renewed interest in addressing the problems and opportunities of impoverished inner-city neighborhoods. Recent years have evidenced a growing number of initiatives in which the...

Microenterprise development in Latin America: towards a new flexibility.
March 1, 2001... 1. Introduction This article argues that non-profit microenterprise programs that build social capital can serve as an important first step in the development of dynamic local markets in developing countries. As microenterprises and their...

Social capital: potential in family social sciences.
March 1, 2001... 1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of social capital in the field of family social sciences. According to Coleman (1988), social capital exists in relations among persons and it depends upon the varying...

Government use of nonprofit organizations to build social capital.
March 1, 2001... The premise of this research is that policy objectives not obtainable as a result of direct action by government may be reached by the creation of social capital by associations. However, a conscious attempt to develop social capital by...

The social capital crash in the periphery: an analysis of the current predicament in sub-Saharan Africa.
March 1, 2001... Purpose: The current literature on social capital, especially among sociologists and political scientists, is characterized by a focus on its "civic" nature and consequently on the role that virtuous behavior plays in fostering democracy and...

The elements of social capital in the context of six high schools.
March 1, 2001... Valerie E. Lee [a] Robert C. Croninger [b] Abstract Purpose: The study described in this paper is part of a larger research project entitled, "Social Capital and Its Effects on the Academic Development of Adolescents At Risk of...

Social and human capital in immigrant adaptation: the case of Canadian business immigrants.
March 1, 2001... Purpose: With the resurgence of immigration to North America in the past three decades, research on immigrant adaptation and the attendant issues of assimilation has burgeoned. A prevailing assumption of much of this research is that social...

Differential effects of parental involvement on cognitive and behavioral outcomes by socioeconomic status.
March 1, 2001... Parental involvement is a much investigated area of research. Unfortunately, there are many conflicting findings. In some cases, researchers claim parental involvement positively affects academic achievement, while others claim parental...

Imaginary homecomings: Chinese villagers, their overseas relations, and social capital.
March 1, 2001... 1. Introduction Although the literatures on transnationalism, refugee issues, and immigration have placed much emphasis on the fact that leaving one's homeland does not involve a severing of ties, there is little analysis of either...

Building social capital: the role of local government.
March 1, 2001... 1. Introduction Social capital proponents, such as Robert Putnam (1993b), claim communities with larger stocks of horizontal social capital exhibit better development outcomes. If social capital promotes economic development and effective...

Microenterprise and social capital: a framework for theory, research, and policy.
March 1, 2001... 1. Introduction One of the most intriguing aspects of recent welfare reform debates has been the explosion of interest in--and bipartisan endorsement of-microenterprise programs as both an effective and efficient approach to reducing...