Social Capital as Collateral

Banking on the Poor

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2808561
AutoresEsayas Bekele Geleta (autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume73
Fascículo1
Páginas108-125
Data de publicação2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ajes.12070
OpenAlexW1794743571
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas26

Group-based micro finance is a field in which the place of social capital in development has been given a central focus. The formation of micro group is based on tapping into the information that group members have about each other, thus relying on social capital. Group-based micro finance has also been explained as a means of creating social capital. This article, drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's conception of social capital, in contrast to the widely accepted notion of it, critically examines the link between social capital and group-based micro finance. It argues that group-based MF is not favored by the marginalized poor, and it serves as a mechanism in the production and reproduction of social conflict and inequality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Capital (architecture) · Collateral · Economic capital · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Financial capital · Human capital · Individual capital · Inequality · Neoclassical economics · Reproduction · Social capital · Social inequality · Social mobility · Social reproduction · Social science · Social status · Sociology · Community Development and Social Impact · Finance · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Social Capital and Networks