The social capacity to develop a community.

The basic purpose of the research is to assess the concept of social capital, community development and relationship that exist between them. A community is constituted by the relationships in which people interact on an everyday basis. In order for people of the same community to have shared norms,...

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Main Authors: Zadeh, B. Saheb, Ahmad, Nobaya, Syed Abdul Rashid, Sharifah Norazizan, Abdullah, Haslinda
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author Zadeh, B. Saheb
Ahmad, Nobaya
Syed Abdul Rashid, Sharifah Norazizan
Abdullah, Haslinda
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Ahmad, Nobaya
Syed Abdul Rashid, Sharifah Norazizan
Abdullah, Haslinda
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description The basic purpose of the research is to assess the concept of social capital, community development and relationship that exist between them. A community is constituted by the relationships in which people interact on an everyday basis. In order for people of the same community to have shared norms, values and interests, they need to have the capacity to come together, share, relate, and talk about their norms, values and interests. This capacity is social capital. Social capital is the means by which individual of community interrelate together. Community development is the process by which the efforts of the people themselves are united to improve the quality and quantity of life of the community. The main issue of this paper is “group of people with the high stock of social capital is characterized by trust, norms, values and interests that lead to development of the community and then enable to resolve its problems.” This paper is theoretical in nature and the review is based on secondary materials. Findings show in any community, it is necessary that there be social trust, norms, and networks that people can draw upon to community development to solve their common problems.
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spelling upm-173382015-11-24T05:03:16Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17338/ The social capacity to develop a community. Zadeh, B. Saheb Ahmad, Nobaya Syed Abdul Rashid, Sharifah Norazizan Abdullah, Haslinda The basic purpose of the research is to assess the concept of social capital, community development and relationship that exist between them. A community is constituted by the relationships in which people interact on an everyday basis. In order for people of the same community to have shared norms, values and interests, they need to have the capacity to come together, share, relate, and talk about their norms, values and interests. This capacity is social capital. Social capital is the means by which individual of community interrelate together. Community development is the process by which the efforts of the people themselves are united to improve the quality and quantity of life of the community. The main issue of this paper is “group of people with the high stock of social capital is characterized by trust, norms, values and interests that lead to development of the community and then enable to resolve its problems.” This paper is theoretical in nature and the review is based on secondary materials. Findings show in any community, it is necessary that there be social trust, norms, and networks that people can draw upon to community development to solve their common problems. Maxwell Science Publication 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17338/1/The%20social%20capacity%20to%20develop%20a%20community.pdf Zadeh, B. Saheb and Ahmad, Nobaya and Syed Abdul Rashid, Sharifah Norazizan and Abdullah, Haslinda (2010) The social capacity to develop a community. Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, 2 (2). pp. 110-113. ISSN 2041-3246 Community development. Social capital (Sociology). Community leadership. English
spellingShingle Community development.
Social capital (Sociology).
Community leadership.
Zadeh, B. Saheb
Ahmad, Nobaya
Syed Abdul Rashid, Sharifah Norazizan
Abdullah, Haslinda
The social capacity to develop a community.
title The social capacity to develop a community.
title_full The social capacity to develop a community.
title_fullStr The social capacity to develop a community.
title_full_unstemmed The social capacity to develop a community.
title_short The social capacity to develop a community.
title_sort social capacity to develop a community.
topic Community development.
Social capital (Sociology).
Community leadership.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17338/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17338/1/The%20social%20capacity%20to%20develop%20a%20community.pdf