TAILIEUCHUNG - Social capital in science and technology and its components
Social capital in Science and Technology (S&T) and its components are new and important topics which need to be studied exhaustively in order to get solutions for enhancing and developing this capital source. One of its components is S&T communication which has played an important role for S&T development of the country. | Social capital in science and technology and its components 54 SOCIAL CAPITAL IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND ITS COMPONENTS MSc. Nguyen Huong Giang Vietnam Science and Technology Review, MOST Abstract: Social capital in Science and Technology (S&T) and its components are new and important topics which need to be studied exhaustively in order to get solutions for enhancing and developing this capital source. One of its components is S&T communication which has played an important role for S&T development of the country. 1. Social capital In the society, in addition to physical capitals such as money, land, human labor and etc, there exist other types of intangible capitals such as culture and social capital. Among them, the social capital was recognized from long time. Many authors in the world proposed different interpretation of the social capital, namely Pierre Bourdieu (France) [1], 1986; Coleman (USA) [2], 1988; Robert David Putnam (USA) [3], 1995, 2000; Fukuyama (Japan) [4], 2001, 2002 and Lyda Judson Hanifan (USA) [5], this concept had been proposed the first in 1916. The authors, however, agreed that the social capital is a source in the social network through which individuals can use to earn benefits. The most particular point is that the social capital is based on the mutual trust and reciprocity. From features of the social capital, many authors carried out studies on the application of social capital in fields of economics, culture, education and others and they found its active impacts of the development of these fields. In addition, many authors indicated the close links among the three types of capitals, namely economic, social and human, particularly the role of the social capital in the set-up of the human capital. In the book entitled: “The social capital in establishment of the human capital” in 1988, Coleman emphasized that the social capital in family and community is very important in establishment of the human capital for the next .
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