* Putnam, Robert D. Democracies in Flux: The Evolution of Social Capital in Contemporary Society.

Edwards and Foley, as editors of a special edition of the American Behavioural Scientist on " Social Capital, Civil Society and Contemporary Democracy ", raised two key issues in the study of social capital.

In " Social Capital and Development: The Coming Agenda ," Francis Fukuyama points out that there isn't an agreed definition of social capital, so he explains it as " shared norms or values that promote social cooperation, instantiated in actual social relationships " ( Fukuyama, 27 ), and uses this definition throughout this paper.

The Social Capital Foundation ( TSCF ) suggested that social capital should not be mixed up with its manifestations.

In this definition, social capital is a collective mental disposition close to the spirit of community .< ref >" The Social Capital Foundation ", Citizendium, The Citizen Compendium, < http :// en. citizendium. org / wiki / The_Social_Capital_Foundation >.</ ref >

Social Capital Theory gained importance through the integration of classical sociological theory with the description of an intangible form of capital.

Social Capital is also distinguished from the economic theory Social Capitalism.

Kathleen Dowley and Brian Silver published an article entitled " Social Capital, Ethnicity and Support for Democracy in the Post-Communist States ".

Tedin, Kent L. & Weiher, Gregory R. 2011, ‘ General Social Capital, Education-Related Social Capital, and Choosing Charter Schools ’, The policy Studies Journal, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 609-29.

In her article " Social Capital in Chinatown ", Zhou examines how the process of adaptation of young Chinese Americans is affected by tangible forms of social relations between the community, immigrant families, and the younger generations.

" Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital ", American Journal of Sociology.

" Social Capital and Equality: Tocqueville's Legacy.

" Does Social Capital Have an Economic Payoff?

* Lin, Nan, " Building a Network Theory of Social Capital ", 22 ( 1 ): 28-51 ,© 1999 INSNA.

" Placing Social Capital.

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* The Social Capital Foundation, Patrick Hunout

* Social Capital Gateway, Resources for the study of social capital

* The Saguaro Seminar's " Primer on Social Capital "

* Social Capital: A Multifaceted Perspective ( co-editor with Ismail Serageldin ).

* Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory ( 1941 ), Presents the Hegelian Perspective along with a critique of Marxism and positivist philosophy .< ref name = oxfordref >" Marcuse, Herbert " A Dictionary of Sociology.

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Social Security in International Perspective Essays in Honor of Eveline M. Burns.

* Social Justice: Cultural Origins of a Theory and a Perspective

* Social Uses of Wireless Communications: The Mobile Information Society, co-author of the paper for the International Workshop on Wireless Communication Policies and Prospects: A Global Perspective, USC, 8 – 9 October 2004.

Jane Addams ’ Theory of Democracy and Social Ethics: Incorporating a Feminist Perspective.

* Class, State, And Crime: Social Conflict Perspective

" In New Religious Movements in the 21st Century: Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective.

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* Kohler, Hans-Peter Fertility and Social Interaction: An Economic Perspective ( 2001 ) online edition

Social Order / Mental Disorder: Anglo-American Psychiatry in Historical Perspective.

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* Korotayev, Andrey, World Religions and Social Evolution of the Old World Oikumene Civilizations: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.

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Proponents of this school include John Hannigan, particularly in Environmental Sociology: A Social Constructionist Perspective ( 1995 ).

* " From Social Protectionism to National Socialism: The German Small-Business Movement in Comparative Perspective ," The Journal of Modern History Vol.

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* Ajzen, I., " Persuasive Communication Theory in Social Psychology: A Historical Perspective ", pp. 1 – 27 in Manfredo, M. J.

Corporations as Social Institutions: A Sociological Perspective on the Legal Regulation of Corporations.