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

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.

AFIRMASI MODAL SOSIAL UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PERAN PENDIDIKAN MASA DEPAN (Proyeksi Implementasi Pasca Pandemi Covid-19)

“…Hal lain yang menjadi esensi dari pentingnya modal sosial sebagai jalan mewujudkan perubahan yang lebih baik di masyarakat ialah sebagaimana dijelaskan (Syahra 2003) bahwa jika modal sosial hanya dilihat sebagai sumber daya kelompok, maka akan menghasilkan sebuah kesulitan dikarenakan tidak semua di dalam sebuah kelompok memiliki kesamaan tipikal dan akses, sehingga sangat penting modal sosial dipahami baik sebagai sebuah kebutuhan bagi sektor swasta maupun sektor publik/sipil (Boeck dan Fleming, 2005).…”

“…Gambar 2. Ilustrasi capaian pengembangan model social capital, dengan menggabungkan seluruh aspek fundamental yang menjadi kesepakatan Sumber: Boeck dan Fleming, 2005 Kompleksitas permasalahan yang dihadapi Indonesia dalam pembangunan ekosistem pendidikan berbasis digital akan sulit terselesaikan jika hanya menjadi ranah tugas pokok dan fungsi pemerintah ditingkat pusat. Keterbatasan kemampuan finansial dalam pemerataan dan penyiapan akses infrastruktur, tumpang tindih kebijakan pemerintah pusat dan daerah, serta keterbatasan SDM yang memiliki kecakapan dalam penyiapan konten pembelajaran digital dan pemberian training digital pedagogic teaching kepada seluruh guru, menjadi beberapa masalah pokok yang perlu menjadi concern seluruh pemangku kepentingan.…”

‘Hoovering up the Money’? Delivering Government-Funded Capacity-Building Programmes to Voluntary and Community Organisations

“…ISOs are charged with providing accountability for governmental funds (Home Office, 2004b) whilst at the same time supporting voluntary sector organisations and helping them to meet their needs; they need to 'face both ways' (Harris et al, 2004). Yet, in their efforts to fulfil their obligation to governmental funders, they may in fact build resentment amongst the ultimate programme beneficiaries, the local voluntary and community organisations who are also key stakeholders of ISOs (Boeck and Fleming, 2005). To avoid a deteriorating relationship with local VCOs, intermediary bodies may need in future to devise mechanisms for monitoring the utilisation of capacity building resources, which are modelled less on standardised contract compliance mechanisms, and more on output and outcome evaluations in which the beneficiaries themselves can be involved in devising performance targets suited to their distinctive circumstances (Cairns et al, 2005b).…”

Participation in Organizations, Trust, and Social Capital Formation: Evidence from Chile

“…The institutions are conceived as normative orders with incentives (Jones 2008;Jamal and Nooruddin 2010) and as sources of information (Boudreau 2009) that influence world views and preferences. In this context, several studies have converged on the implication of institutions at the local level for social outputs (Esau 2007), or as source of environments which may allow for the creation of SC (Boeck and Fleming 2005). Some experimental studies have examined the effects of public policies and social programs in the perceptions and behaviors of people in local communities (Richey 2005;Andrews et al 2011).…”