Social capital versus social history

Fine, Ben

doi:10.1080/03071020802410445

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“…A full review of the applications and critical debates of this concept is beyond the scope of this study (for overviews of various critiques, see Bebbington 2007; Bebbington et al. 2004; Fine 2008; Foley and Edwards 1999; Portes and Landolt 1996). Some critics observe, for example, that the popularity and widespread use of social capital has created a nebulous concept devoid of critical application.…”

Section: Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some critics observe, for example, that the popularity and widespread use of social capital has created a nebulous concept devoid of critical application. Ben Fine (2008, 443) argues that social capital is now ‘… definitionally chaotic, potentially incorporating any variable and method and open to any application’ while overlooking issues of power, class and conflict. Peter Li (2007) has similar concerns and suggests that although being universally promoted as means of creating social well‐being and economic prosperity, in reality the effectiveness of social capital is determined by the class‐based resources available to a social group.…”

Section: Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Immigrants in the Labour Market: Transnationalism and Segmentation

Lusis

Bauder

2010

Geography Compass

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Various theories speak towards the labour market segmentation of an immigrant workforce. Theoretical frameworks such as Dual Labour Market Theory or Hierarchy Theory provide some value in outlining why immigrants are often found in the least desirable forms of employment. However, most theories do not consider the phenomenon of immigrant transnationalism and how forces at multiple scales shape labour market trajectories. In this paper we argue that traditional theories primarly consider socioeconomic factors in destination countries, and focus on factors at the local or national scale of analysis. In contrast, the literature on transnationalism illustrates how socioeconomic processes that operate at the global scale also influence the employment trajectories of immigrants. The integration of transnationalism with traditional labour market theories therefore provides a more complete picture when trying to understand the segmentation of an immigrant workforce.

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Section: Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrants in the Labour Market: Transnationalism and Segmentation

Lusis

Bauder

2010

Geography Compass

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“…To the extent that social history delves into how people lived, worked, and interacted with their surroundings and artifacts and how those surroundings and artifacts impacted their lives, including aspects of social justice (Cowie & Boehm, 2006;Fine, 2008;Stallybrass, 2000), social history should matter to HRD. Further, we argue that if social history is the study of the lives of ordinary people (Cowie & Boehm, 2006), it must therefore include the lives of ordinary trainees, as well.…”

Section: Implications To Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

When job aids attack: On the social history of dubious job aids

Kopp

Desiderio

McAtavey

2010

Human Resource Dev Quarterly

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In this article we introduce the job aid as a cultural artifact in specific historical social contexts. Framing job aids as such within a broader context of social history enables human resource development (HRD) researchers and practitioners to reflect critically on training and development with a perspective on social justice vis‐à‐vis social responsibility. With the use of a targeted literature review, we present two historical cases of questionable job aids, specifically, in the so‐called patent medicines of the early 20th century and the job aids used for training the Hitler Youth. Lessons learned from social history include recognizing the fundamental role that culture has in shaping not only what actions adult learners carry out, but also how the job aids can memorialize their performance. Further, it is posited that introducing the dimension of social history to training offers a more thorough and robust inquiry to critical HRD.

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“…According to Schuurman (2003) and Fine (1999Fine ( , 2007Fine ( , 2008) the popular rise of social capital has provoked an inflation in its meaning and functionality to the extent that it has become everything and nothing and useful for any political project, left and right. Meagher (2005Meagher ( , 2010 questions the explanatory ability of social networks other than in cultural or ethnic terms.…”

Section: Theoretical Perspectives: Social Capital Versus Political Ecmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With these accents we aspire to counterbalance some of the frequently cited shortcomings and pitfalls of a social capital approach: its tendency to depoliticise development, its preoccupation with cohesion, its bypassing of class, power, state and conflict, its disregard for context and history and its essentialising tendencies (Cleaver, 2005;Fine 1999Fine , 2007bFine , 2008Meagher, 2005Meagher, , 2009Meagher, , 2010Schuurman, 2003: Gonzales de la Rocha, 2007.…”

Section: Theoretical Perspectives: Social Capital Versus Political Ecmentioning

confidence: 99%

Displacement in Post-War Southern Sudan: Survival and Accumulation within Urban Perimeters

Walraet

2011

SSRN Journal

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This paper is about Southern Sudanese IDPs and refugees who, after the 2005 ComprehensivePeace Agreement, chose not to return to their areas of origin, but instead to resettle elsewhere. Rather than exploring the push and pull factors of this decision, this paper documents the ways in which they have organised their lives in their places of post-war resettlement. More particularly, it explores their selfemployment strategies in an institutional context characterised by weak state regulation and high reliance on self-governance institutions, especially social networks. One observation in particular intrigued us: the fact that some displaced were more successful than others in making a living in their places of resettlement. Consequently, uncovering why some individuals and groups were wealthier than others inspired and structured the research. In order to understand the difference between "networks of survival" and "networks of accumulation" -a twin phrase we borrowed from Meagher (2006) -it was imperative to comprehend the economy as a political terrain and to explore the structural position of groups. To this end it was necessary to complement a social capital perspective with a political economy approach.

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Social capital versus social history

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

Immigrants in the Labour Market: Transnationalism and Segmentation

Immigrants in the Labour Market: Transnationalism and Segmentation

When job aids attack: On the social history of dubious job aids

Displacement in Post-War Southern Sudan: Survival and Accumulation within Urban Perimeters

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