지역단위의 사회적자본 측정에 관한 연구 대전시의 사례를 중심으 (The Study on Measuring Social Capital in Local Community)

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· 발행기관 : 충북연구원
· 수록지 정보 : 地域政策硏究(충북연) / 25권 / 1호 / 1 ~ 22페이지
· 저자명 : 최길수, 정영윤

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영어초록

Social capital is assumed to be an important asset for individuals, groups, and communities because it not only increases economic growth but also gives access to resources that are important obtaining social support and achieving political power. In expanding Coleman’s definition, Putnam(1995) defines social capital as “connections among individuals-social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them.” Social capital inheres in and derives from the networks of people. Korea also recognizes that social capital is one of major resources for social growth, many subsequent empirical studies have focused on how social capital or social networks are associated with trust, civic engagement, or norms of reciprocity. However, these empirical findings are not associated with a standard measurement of social capital in local area. Therefore this study is to develop social capital measurement indicators to analyse interaction between social capital and local communities, and to measure and examine standards and realities of Korean social capital combined with local communities through conduction a survey with the developed social capital indicators. Based on the World Bank research on measuring social capital of local community conducted 2004, this study is centered on three basic sets of indicators of social capital: membership in associations and networks(structural social capital), trust(cognitive social capital), and collective action(an output measure). The data for this study were collected in Daejeon in 2013 and are analyzed to get understanding of the relationship between networks and trust as two input social capital and collective action as an output measure. After conducting a general analysis using the social capital indicators, key findings are as follows: the level of membership in associations and networks in Daejeon shows degrees middle the average and the level of trust is a relatively high. However the level of collective action, such as participation, consideration and social cohesion, is low. The results of our analyses support a lack of access to social networks reduces access to voluntary associations. This result calls our attention to cohesion in social networks as a critical factor for social capital.

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