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- Title
Bourdieu's Social Capital and Save the Mothers.
- Authors
Rostom, Sarah
- Abstract
Social capital is a concept that has dominated social-science literature in the past two decades and recently become a significant topic in debates on community and Third World development. While the notion that individuals can benefit from their social networks is intuitive, there is no agreed-upon definition for or approach towards social capital. This article applies sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's conception of social capital, as operationalized by Richard Carpiano to Save the Mothers (STM), a development initiative in Uganda. An organization concerned with reducing maternal mortality in Uganda, STM offers a Master's program for Ugandan professionals to become advocates for safe motherhood. The social networks fostered by the program provide an avenue through which social capital, defined by Bourdieu as the resources that arise out of social networks, can develop. This paper explores the important role social networks and social capital can play in development initiatives, particularly in STM.
- Subjects
SOCIAL capital; MOTHERS -- Social aspects; SOCIAL networks; BOURDIEU, Pierre, 1930-2002; SOCIAL science literature
- Publication
Undercurrent, 2012, Vol 9, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
1712-0934
- Publication type
Article