The Founding Concepts of Social Capital - Bourdieu's Theory of Capital and Coleman's Rational-Choice Approach to Social Capital

Abstract

Bourdieu and Coleman are the founding theorists of social capital because they introduced the term social capital systematically for the first time. This chapter introduces first Bourdieu's concept and then Coleman's ideas, discusses both concepts critically and draws a conclusion about which features are important for a social capital theory.

Keywords

• Social Capital
• Bourdieu
• Coleman