Social Capital and Socio-demographic Changes

From Non-differentiation to Multifocalisation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4901482
AutoresRenato Miguel Carmo (0000-0002-0052-4387, CIES Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Edifício ISCTE Av. das Forças Armadas 1649‐026 Lisboa Portugal, autor de correspondencia), Silvia J Santos (0000-0001-9300-7452, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa), Sofia Santos (0000-0002-6654-564X, CIES Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Edifício ISCTE Av. das Forças Armadas 1649‐026 Lisboa Portugal)
Año2014
Volumen54
Número2
Páginas186-205
Fecha de publicación2014-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/soru.12027
OpenAlexW1954371173
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas38

This article examines how different socio-demographic trends interrelate with alterations in the traditional forms of social and interpersonal relationships. We will focus on two Portuguese municipalities using the concept of rural community as an analytic starting point for framing and examining the different dimensions of social capital. The survey's data shows that the generalised nature of mutual knowledge and trust, that used to characterise more traditional communities, tends now to depend on new social categories and groups that live and interact in these places. The study contains a multivariate, multiple correspondence analysis, which shows three different profiles of social capital coexisting in the two areas

Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Framing (construction) · Geography · Interpersonal communication · Multiple correspondence analysis · Multivariate analysis · Multivariate statistics · Social capital · Social mobility · Social reproduction · Social science · Social status · Sociology · Statistics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Rural development and sustainability · Social Capital and Networks