Measuring social capital: Towards a theoretically informed measurement framework for researching social capital in family and community life.(Brief Article)

Measuring social capital: Towards a theoretically informed measurement framework for researching social capital in family and community life, by Wendy Stone, Research Paper No. 24, Australian Institute of Family Studies February 2001. 38 pages, $5 postage and handling. Also available to download from the Institute's Web site.

In Australia, as in other nations,"social capital" is being looked to as a means of stemming the tide of perceived community decline and widespread distrust associated with it. The increasingly central role that social capital plays in Australian …