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Un paseo por la literatura sobre capital social desde una perspectiva económica*

A walk through the social capital literature from an economic perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2011

Marta Felis-Rota
Marta Felis-Rota*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Fundamentos de Análisis Económico: Teoría Económica e Historia Económica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/ Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 5, 28049, Madrid. Email: marta.felis@uam.es
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Abstract

This essay considers the literature on the topic of social capital in relation to the economic science, and opens new perspectives of research in this area. This essay starts with a walk through the history of economic thought that has influenced social capital literature. Afterwards, the reader will find a discussion on different perspectives of research that have been followed up to now and some others in relation with the microeconomic foundations of the concept of social capital, and its connexion with economic growth and finance.

Resumen

Este ensayo reflexiona a partir de la literatura existente sobre el tema del capital social en relación a la ciencia económica, y apunta hacia nuevas perspectivas de investigación. El texto comienza con un paseo por la historia del pensamiento económico. Acto seguido, se procede a discutir las diferentes perspectivas de investigación que se han seguido recientemente y otras nuevas en relación con los fundamentos microeconómicos del concepto de capital social y su conexión con el crecimiento económico y las finanzas.

Keywords

social capitaleconomic thoughteconomic growthfinancial developmentmicroeconomic foundationscapital socialpensamiento económicocrecimientodesarrollo financierofundamentos microeconómicos

JEL classification

A1: General Economics Z1: Cultural Economics • Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology
Type
Research Note
Information
Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , 09 December 2011 , pp. 461 - 475
Copyright
Copyright © Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 2011

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