Having a Laugh and Mucking in Together
Using Social Capital to Explore Dynamics Between Structure and Agency in the Context of Declining and Regenerated Neighbourhoods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2321381 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vicky Cattell (Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 945-963 |
| Publication date | 2004-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038504047180 |
| OpenAlex | W2058709298 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 34 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article explores the potential of social capital for understanding social processes involved in neighbourhood decline or regeneration, in social exclusion and inclusion, and for illuminating relationships between structure and agency. Theoretical approaches in the work of Putnam, Jacobs, and Coleman are compared and qualitative neighbourhood case studies used to identify contextual influences on social capital's sources and forms, and on the strong or weak ties involved. The neighbourhood's potential as a source of more inclusive and integrative social networks and wider solidarity is addressed. Influences on key sources of social capital - stability, integration, solidarity and tolerance - embrace issues of both structure and agency; relationships can be recursive. Neighbourhood variations in reciprocity and participation underline social capital's context specificity. Narratives suggest that the neighbourhood's potential for sustaining inclusive social ties, for social integration, tolerance, solidarity and 'thin' (as well as 'thick') trust is contingent on certain resources and conditions.They indicate also how local work history is reflected in the organic nature of social capital. Informed by Giddens' structuration theory, an alternative approach for exploring process is suggested which considers social networks as key mediators in recursive relationships between structures and agency
Agency (philosophy) · Economic geography · Economics · Interpersonal ties · Neighbourhood (mathematics) · Political science · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology) · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Structure and agency · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Active Citizenship and Neighborhood Governance; North-Western Literature and Global South Realities
Local Activism in Urban Neighborhood Governance
Young urban Aboriginal women entrepreneurs
The Dark Side of Social Capital
Social Capital Put to the Test
Moving through deprived neighbourhoods
Understanding the role of social capital for health promotion beyond Putnam
Learning to see
Down on main street
Community resilience and health
Social Capital and Public Policy – The Current Challenge Facing the Victorian Government
Mingling, observing, and lingering
From Neighbourhood to Network
Without tiendas it’s a dead neighbourhood”
Accessibility and the coping behaviour of the non-employed people in Hong Kong
Neighborhood homogeneity and cohesion in sustainable community development
Preventing physical child abuse by legal punishment and neighbor help
Bridging and Linking in a Divided Society
Children's `Place' in the Development of Neighbourhood Social Capital
Interaction Pretext
Entrepreneurial agency and field relations
Drugs, Crime and Social Exclusion
Bonding and Bridging Social Capital
Social capital in its place
Area social fragmentation, social support for individuals and psychosocial health in young adults
That's just the cesspool where they dump all the trash
Who Needs Good Neighbors
My Networking Is Not Working! Conceptualizing the Latent and Dysfunctional Dimensions of the Network Paradigm
Helping hands
It's a Small Little Pub, but Everybody Knew Everybody
A Social Capital Basis for Environmental Concern
Multiethnic Neighborhoods on the Ground
More than Cash
Social Capital as Exchange
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Neighbours
Working-Class Images of Society
Self-Government in Industry
Income inequality and mortality
Bowling alone
Family and Social Network (International Behavioural and Social Sciences, Classics from the Tavistock Press)
Family and Kinship in East London
Social capital and health promotion
Developing sociological arguments through community studies
Sources of Variation in Working Class Images of Society
Making Democracy Work
Social Capital in Britain
The Division of Labour in Society
Migration, Segregation, and the Geographic Concentration of Poverty
Beyond Tocqueville
Poor people, poor places, and poor health
Income inequality, social cohesion and the health status of populations
When Work Disappears
Social Capital and Democracy
The Spirit of Community
Foundations of Social Theory
Social Capital
The Strength of Weak Ties
Social capital and economic development
Agency, Modernity and Social Policy
| Unique citing works | 34 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,7 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |