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This chapter surveys James Coleman’s writings about social capital, situating them within the wider project he pursued in Foundations of Social Theory: to develop social science theory resting on rational choice postulates that takes into account the social settings that shape individual actions, which in turn combine to produce macro-level phenomena. After examining Coleman’s definition of the concept, the chapter recounts forms that social capital takes, including trust, information flow, norms, and formal organizations. It then considers conditions that affect the production of social capital, and how he employed the social capital concept in his educational research. |
