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Social Policy – A Help or a Hindrance to Social Capital?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2005

Thilo Boeck  and
Jennie Fleming
Thilo Boeck
Affiliation:
Centre for Social Action De Montfort UniversityUK E-mail: jfleming@dmu.ac.uk
Jennie Fleming
Affiliation:
Centre for Social Action De Montfort UniversityUK E-mail: jfleming@dmu.ac.uk
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Abstract

This paper considers work the authors have done with community projects to explore the meaning and usefulness of social capital. It sets out the model of social capital developed from this work, which has enabled the discussion and application of social capital to move from academia into local neighbourhoods and communities. It goes on to consider the relationship between social capital and social policy, and concludes that, whilst it is hard to ascertain whether social policy can directly develop social capital, it is however possible for policy to create environments which either allow for the enhancement of social capital, or harm it.

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Social Policy and Society , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , July 2005 , pp. 259 - 270
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© Cambridge University Press 2005

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