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Links to Web Resources on Social Capital
Better Together
The Social Capital web site sponsored by the Saguaro Seminar at Harvard University (see site below). Download the Better Together report on Social Capital, visit (and add to) the Social Capital Story Collector.
http://www.bettertogether.orgSaguaro Seminar
Background information on the Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America, a three-year-long discussion of social capital hosted by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/~saguaroPovertyNet, World Bank
Extensive resources on Social Capital as a tool for community and economic development. Information is accessible and in depth. Extensive bibliography and resource list.
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/scapital/index.htmBowling Alone
Read the book, then visit the web site. Or check the site before you read the book. Interviews and background material on Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam.
http://www.bowlingalone.comCivic Practices Network, Social Capital
Good definitions and examples of Social Capital as a tool for civic renewal.
http://www.cpn.org/sections/tools/models/social_capital.htmlSocial Network Analysis
Interesting collection of definitions of Social Capital from the social sciences literature, beginning in 1920.
http://www.analytictech.com/networks/definitions_of_social_capital.htmMayo Clinic Social Support Inventory
How connected are you? Take a quick inventory of your social support network and learn how it affects your health http://mayohealth.org/home?id=HQ01403Indivisible.org
Inspirational stories of twelve communities where people are coming together to make their small piece of the world a better place to live. There is where the social capital rubber meets the road.
http://www.indivisible.org