Social Capital Measurement

There are countless methods for measuring social capital. Below is a list of papers, studies, and resources that discuss some of these techniques:

• Paldam, M. (2000), Social Capital: One Or Many? Definition And Measurement, in Journal of Economic Surveys, 14, 5, pp. 629-653.
• Stone, W. (2001), Measuring Social Capital, Melbourne, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Research Paper No. 24/2001.
• Li, Y, Pickles, A., Savage, M. (2003), Conceptualizing and measuring social capital: a new approach, Paper for BHPS 2003, Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester.
• Grootaert, C., van Bastelaer, T. (2002), Understanding and Measuring Social Capital: A Multi-Disciplinary Tool for Practitioners, Washington DC, The World Bank.
• Bullen, P., Onyx, J. (2000), Measuring Social Capital in Five Communities in NSW, Onyx and Bullen - Journal of Applied Behavior Science, Vol 36 No 1 March 2000 pp23-42. (Summary Report)
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It is clear that there are many ways to measure social capital. The techniques vary from discipline to discipline and researcher to researcher, whether it be Putnam or Burt, sociology or political science, the approaches tend to be different. Is there a chance for standardizing the definition? (Update: see more recent post for more on this)