Two conceptions of social capital in Malaysia
This paper discusses two conceptions of social capital in Malaysian society.The discussion is based on the findings of two separate studies on social capital in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. The first study employed a qualitative approach focusing on two religious communities in the Kuala Muda Di...
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| Формат: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Хэл сонгох: | English |
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2015
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| Онлайн хандалт: | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/17104/1/8.pdf |
| Тойм: | This paper discusses two conceptions of social capital in Malaysian society.The discussion is
based on the findings of two separate studies on social capital in the state of Kedah, Malaysia.
The first study employed a qualitative approach focusing on two religious communities in the
Kuala Muda District.The second study utilised a survey method and had produced a localized
instrument for measuring social capital. The findings from both studies illuminate some of the
types of social capital that can be associated with the Malaysian social fabric.In the first
instance social capital can be conceived as emerging from religious communal setting and
comprises three (3) different yet interrelated social realms.These types of social capital can
further be differentiated based on levels of social organization – the micro-level and
macro-level.The second conception of localized social capital suggests that it can be measured
based on six (6) areas of communal relations that can typically be found in Malaysian society.It
portrays the importance of considering indigenous social setting in formulating localized conception of social capital. This paper concludes with a discussion on the implications that these findings have on social capital research in Malaysia particularly on how they can be utilised to investigate indigenous conceptions of social capital. |
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