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Rogan, Michelle A. "Acquiring social capital". Thesis, London Business School (University of London), 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.435932.
Testo completoBaudasse, Thierry. "Social capital creation". Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/333778.
Testo completoDana-Démaret, Sabine. "Le capital social". Lyon 3, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988LYO33004.
Testo completoThe share capital's notion is closely linked to the legal entity's one. In spite of criticisms that were levelled at him, and defects which can be finded, the share capital is quite basic in company law, and his importance must be asserted. According to french new legislative reforms, it seems now established that he can't any longer be regarded as a companies' control instrument (the voting power does not depend any more on the share's property). Assigning still now to him such a part would mean disappointment and criticisms. The share capital represents a basic instrument for financing the company's activity. So he must be regarded in an extensive way : that concerns the potential inclusion of "intellectual contribution" and the legal system of what could be named "quasicapital". Also, he can be used as a creditors'protection tool (not as direct pledge but as an indirect guarantee), because of steadiness and intangibility principles, which have to be redefined. To a lesser extent, he can be used as a partners'protection tool because of the screen-role he acts sometimes. In conclusion, the share capital is an essential notion and he needs a real legal status, particulary through a new definition of principles which accompany him (steadiness and intangibility)
Dana-Démaret, Sabine. "Le Capital social". Lille 3 : ANRT, 1989. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37613200v.
Testo completoJiang, Yifan. "Multi-cultural social networking and social capital". Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/multicultural-social-networking-and-social-capital(cd11a4ec-b019-486a-81b2-c68e5cb1c478).html.
Testo completoRivera, Sylvia Manzano. "Mas capital: Latino politics and social capital". Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290148.
Testo completoPressley, Ashley. "Cultural capital, social capital and communities of practice in social marketing". Thesis, Cardiff University, 2015. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/69685/.
Testo completoKAYUMOV, Yakhyo. "Does Social Capital Matter : from Civil Society to Social Capital in Uzbekistan". 名古屋大学大学院国際開発研究科, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/14546.
Testo completoKayumov, Yakhyo. "Does Social Capital Matter? From Civil Society to Social Capital in Uzbekistan". Gadjah Mada University Press, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/15885.
Testo completoCarayol, Timothée. "Social capital, human capital, and labour market outcomes". Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2011. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/414/.
Testo completoKarlan, Dean S. "Social capital and microfinance". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8412.
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Chapter one is titled "Social Capital and Group Banking." Lending to the poor is costly due to high screening, monitoring, and enforcement costs. Group lending advocates believe individuals are able to select creditworthy peers, monitor the use of loan proceeds, and enforce repayment better than an outside lending organization can by harnessing the social capital in small groups. Using data collected from FINCA-Peru, I exploit the randomness inherent in their formation of lending groups to identify the effect of social capital on group lending. I find that having more social capital results in higher repayment and higher savings. I also find suggestive evidence that in high social capital environments, group members are better able to distinguish between default due to moral hazard and default due to true negative personal shocks. Chapter two is titled "Can Games Measure Social Capital and Predict Financial Decisions." Economic theory suggests that market failures arise when contracts are difficult to enforce or observe. Social capital can help to solve these failures. Measuring social capital has become a great challenge for social capital research. I examine whether behavior in a trust game predicts future financial behavior. I find that trustworthy behavior in the game predicts higher loan repayment and savings deposits, whereas more trusting behavior predicts the opposite. Analyzing General Social Survey responses to questions on trust, fairness and helping others, I find that those with more positive attitudes towards others are more likely to repay their loan.
(cont.) Chapter three is titled "When Curiosity Kills Profits: An Experimental Examination." Economic theory predicts that under Bertrand competition, with equal and observable costs, firms earn zero profits. Theory also predicts that if costs are not common knowledge, firms should use their weakly dominant strategy of pricing above marginal cost and earn positive profits. Hence, rational profit-maximizing Bertrand firms should prefer less public information. In an auction game, we find that individuals without information on each other's valuations earn more profits than those with common knowledge. Then, given a choice between the two rules, half the individuals preferred to have the information. We discuss possible explanations, including ambiguity aversion.
by Dean S. Karlan.
Ph.D.
Galdos, Gonzalo. "Confianza y capital social". Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/285401.
Testo completoNeuenfeld, Débora Raquel. "Capital social e desenvolvimento". Florianópolis, SC, 2008. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/91786.
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O presente trabalho teve como objetivo principal analisar como se apresentam os indicadores de desenvolvimento humano em dez regiões do Estado de Santa Catarina que expressam diferentes níveis de confiança. Trata-se de um estudo de cunho exploratório e descritivo que utilizou uma abordagem qualitativa. Em relação aos dados, estes foram coletados de fontes secundárias, utilizando-se dos dados do índice de desenvolvimento humano municipal das regiões e dos resultados da pesquisa intitulada "Diagnóstico do Capital Social em dez regiões de Santa Catarina" realizado pelo Grupo Politéia, grupo de pesquisa do Centro de Ciências da Administração da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC). Para a análise dos dados utilizou-se da análise de conteúdo. A presente dissertação, além de apresentar reflexões a respeito da noção de desenvolvimento e desenvolvimento sustentável, também apresentou uma análise da evolução do conceito de capital social e do entendimento dos autores sobre sua possível associação ao conceito de desenvolvimento. Ainda, procura-se discutir o conceito de indicadores e sua utilização nas ciências sociais. Com base nos dados da pesquisa, foram analisados os índices de desenvolvimento humano das dez regiões do Estado de Santa Catarina separadamente de forma a obter um panorama da situação de cada região no que se refere a este índice. Verificou-se também o capital social das regiões por meio da análise do nível de confiança expresso pelos pesquisados pelo Grupo Politéia. Tal análise possibilitou a constatação de que há diferenças consideráveis entre o nível de confiança atribuído pelos pesquisados aos diversos agentes institucionais em todas as regiões estudadas. Por fim, foram analisadas as possíveis relações entre o índice de desenvolvimento humano e o nível de confiança das regiões. A análise do IDHM das regiões e dos níveis de confiança expressos pelos dirigentes das organizações sociais analisadas permitiu afirmar que há uma relação positiva entre o índice de desenvolvimento humano e o capital social na maioria as regiões. Contudo, a análise das informações referentes às pessoas da comunidade não permitiu afirmar que há relação entre eles. Destaca-se também que este trabalho busca colaborar na evolução das produções de cunho acadêmico relacionadas ao desenvolvimento humano e ao capital social, uma vez que se entende que tais estudos possam trazer importantes contribuições para o estabelecimento de ações que visem o desenvolvimento sustentável da sociedade.
Decroix, Yann. "Du capital social à la situation nette". Rouen, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003ROUED001.
Testo completoShare capital, as a guarantee to creditors and gauge of the rights and powers of shareholders, is dead. Its failure justifies putting forward a new legal tool : the "net book position". This notion, which reflects the solvency of a company and the value of its patrimony, satisfies the "mutual interest of creditors and third patries", which resides in the belief or assurance that such company will fulfill its obligations and their expectations. It allows a satisfactory evaluation of the solvency and the value of a company, which enables a judgement to be made on its ability to fulfill such obligations and expectations, and which is the issue of creditors and third patries'protection. With respect to shareholders, "net book position"reveals the true extent of their financial and voting rights within a company. This notion also allows us to take a closer look at the reality of power within companies and to ascertain and protect their economic perennation
Sandovici, Maria Elena. "Social capital and political action". Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2005.
Cerca il testo completoBowles, David Bernard. "Social Capital and Volunteer Behaviour". Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.490399.
Testo completoLeung, Ambrose. "Delinquency, capital and social institutions". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ60962.pdf.
Testo completoBeaubien, Brad M. "Community festivals and social capital". Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1217382.
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Webster, Richard. "The Dimensions of Social Capital". Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5722.
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Higgins, Donna L. "Social capital and HIV prevention". Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.360543.
Testo completoSchneider, Fábio Böckmann. "Integração regional e capital social". reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/7424.
Testo completoThe Continental Regional Integration of States is theme of great relevance for the Political Science. The present study if it configures interdisciplinary when combining International Right with International Relationships and Political Science. In the approach of the main theoretical currents of the Regional Integration, search - if to the intensive and extensive reflection on the Social Capital category. In the historical-analytical analysis of the Regional Integration, we approached the legacies of the construction of the societies and of the States-members of MERCOSUL, in terms of political culture, the proposed theme, especially, the form of incorporation of the populations in the political field. In the relationships among the Regional and Capital Integration Social, we drew a comparative line between MERCOSUL and the European Union, starting from the institutional model and of the adoption of public politics. We also treated of documents, concerning to the Regional Integration with respect to the state cooperation, their relationships with the state sovereignty and the resignation of the institutional model. In the search of demonstrating the impediments and the perspectives of the effective use of the Social Capital of Regional Integration and their possible positive effects in the Process of Continental Integration of South America.
Sangnier, Marc. "Essais autour du capital social". Paris, EHESS, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012EHES0125.
Testo completoSocial capital is made from all values that push individuals to cooperate, to act with reciprocity or empathy in the absence of any formal control mechanism. Social capital manifests itself through trust, but also through opinions toward collective rather than individual responsability in economic activity. This thesis contributes to the economic literature interested in the role of norms by giving additional answers to its two fundamental questions. First, what are the consequences of differences in values on economic performance ? Second, where do these values come from ? The first two chapters document the relationship between trust on the one hand, and macroeconomic volatility and financial development on the other hand. It is shown that higher trust reduces macroeconomic volatility and fosters financial development across space and time. The third chapter rationalizes and documents a non-monotonic relationship between norms of cooperation and the generosity of the welfare state. It is shown that large and generous welfare states can be sustained both with high and low levels of trust, provided that a low level of trust is compensated with a large share of uncivic individuals who unduly use the social system. The question of the formation of values is tackled in the two last chapters. The fourth one documents the long-term persistence of values associated with the funding myths of mining activity in the United States : individual self-responsability and opposition to public intervention in the economy. The last chapter focuses on short term changes of trust in leaders and institution among Africans in the aftermath of riots and protests
Мішеніна, Наталя Вікторівна, Наталия Викторовна Мишенина, Natalia Viktorivna Mishenina e N. V. Oliynik. "Social capital and economic development". Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2007. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/12844.
Testo completoJohnson, Noel. "Social capital and organisational resilience". Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2010. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2775/.
Testo completoSmith, Matthew Scott. "Social Capital in Online Communities". BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2730.
Testo completoCarmichael, Dawn. "Software metrics for social capital in social media". Thesis, Abertay University, 2015. https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/940064df-2863-4507-8130-833ca609ca0c.
Testo completoJohnson, Cathleen A. "Social Capital and Conventions: A Social Networks Perspective". Diss., Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27230.
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Yucel, Deniz. "Number of Siblings, Social Skills, and Social Capital". The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1322578334.
Testo completoSibony, Denis. "Capital social, philanthropie et identité : quelles implications pour l'économie sociale ?" Phd thesis, Conservatoire national des arts et metiers - CNAM, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00943009.
Testo completoSibony, Denis. "Capital social, philanthropie et identité : quelles implications pour l’économie sociale ?" Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013CNAM0887/document.
Testo completoHow to explain variations in the level of donation in comparable countries? In all industrialized countries, the economic crisis of the 1980s encouraged the search for alternatives to the welfare state by encouraging third sector organizations to play a greater role in a partnership for the definition and implementation of public policies.Among Third sector organizations, philanthropic foundations provide a legal framework that allows people who wish to carry out acts of generosity by allocating a part of their personal wealth in the form of gift, for the purpose of general interest. Giving can be considered as a concrete expression of the cooperation between citizens for the common good.All democratic countries try to promote giving. The conventional explanations of the variation in level of gift among developed countries do not consider the gift as a social fact. We argue that the level of giving can't be explained by the sum of individual gifts that each respond to personal motives but by the state of the society whose cohesion is determined to both by the presence of social capital and the representation of identities.Social capital can be understood as " relationships, networks and norms that facilitate collective action." Social capital refers to relations that individuals establish them in social networks and the norms of reciprocity that arise from these relationships.This thesis is focused, first, on the level of social capital in economically developed countries and secondly on the meaning of the gift as a mode of representation of identity. It helps define social capital theory by highlighting the close relationship that unites the concept of the gift and hence the construction of identities.This analysis of the relationship between gift, identity ans social capital has direct implications for research in the field of civil society. Civil society is presented from two different perspectives. The first perspective, in a North American tradition, determines the Third sector to the sole condition of "non profit" sector. The second perspective, in an European tradition, consider social economy with organizations or enterprises within both profit and non-profit sector. These organizations and entreprises mix in their actions a plurality of economic logics.Based on the analysis of Polanyi on the embedding of the economy and its various forms of integration, associated with the Maussian logic of the gift, we try to shed light on the socio-economic dimension, or political dimension, of social economy. Social economy can be seen as a "gift economy", understood as a plural economy.Finally, the New Economic Sociology offers both an analysis of the reticular economy based on the presence and density of interpersonal ties and a cultural analysis of the economy that connects markets to values. It is possible to understand the social economy as a “social capital economy". Social capital is understood as an organizational factor and a meaning
Andersson, Anton. "Inequality in the Distribution of Social Capital : Social background factors and access to social capital among labor market entrants". Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-89648.
Testo completoTegegne, Mesay Andualem. "Social capital and immigrant integration: the role of social capital in labor market and health outcomes". Diss., University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6304.
Testo completoSchwarz, Susan. "The role of human capital, social capital, and psychological capital in micro-entrepreneurship in China". Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40361/.
Testo completoSeo, Jiwon. "Overcoming Economic Hardship: The Effects of Human Capital and Social Capital". Connect to resource, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1111646600.
Testo completoTitle from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 175 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-175). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
De, Clerq Dirk. "The role of knowledge and social capital in venture capital investing". Saarbrücken VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2002. http://d-nb.info/988798018/04.
Testo completoTemporin, Simone. "University social responsibility and academic social capital in Tunisia". Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33893/.
Testo completoChiu, Wei-Yi. "The analysis of social capital in online social communities". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/46995/1/Wei-Yi_Chiu_Thesis.pdf.
Testo completoVanin, Paolo. "Industrial organization, trade and social capital". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/7355.
Testo completoThis thesis applies game theoretic tools to the investigation of the dynamic effects of several forms of local interaction externalities. It consists of three chapters. The first, "Competition and Reputation", is devoted to study repeated interaction among oligopolits in markets with asymmetric information. The second, "Trade Policy and Industrial Structure", focuses on interaction among monopolistic competitors facing foreign competition, and on their learning externalities. The third, "Economic Growth and Social Development", investigates the patterns of private and social capital accumulation, arising from individual choices in an environment with social interaction externalities.
Sánchez, Rus Heliodoro. "El capital social: presente y futuro". Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/51581.
Testo completoThis work analyses the different features of the discipline of the legal capital from the view of the European Community Law and the Spanish Law. The regime of the registered capital incorporated in the Directive 77/91/CEE played a significant part in harmonizing the European Companies Law during this last quarter of the last century. However, on today’s date it is a concept subject to question and there are people claiming its suppression. It must be borne in mind, however, that the capital is not an unitary concept but that it encompasses different characters which have been appearing in different moments of the history and which respond to different aims. On the other hand, the configuration of the legal capital is not exactly identical in the public companies (or open corporations) as in the private companies (or closed corporations). This work suggests an evolutionary line allowing bringing in line the old legal provisions to the new environment in which the companies have to operate.
Stelfox, Kevin. "Young people, social capital and schools". Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2016. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=230768.
Testo completoPiché, Eric F. "Religion and social capital in Canada". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0004/MQ42678.pdf.
Testo completoKrajden, Oren. "Building social capital after Hurricane Katrina". Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=95039.
Testo completoL'intervention en cas de catastrophe est un domaine essentiel du travail social. Les travailleurs sociaux traitent souvent le stress post-traumatique, aident à la planification, à la logistique et à la protection des populations vulnérables. Dans des cas de « désastre complexe », où les sources officielles d'aide n'ont qu'une porteé limiteé, les travailleurs sociaux sont toutefois appelés à jouer davantage un rôle de coordination et de création de réseaux au sein de la communauté. Le cas de l'ouragan Katrina en 2005 est très étudié puisque le rétablissement retardé suite à la catastrophe permet de souligner l'importance des réseaux communautaires. Il existe de la documentation sur le travail social qui analyse les efforts de développement communautaire des résidents locaux, mais très peu sur les efforts des travailleurs sociaux. Cette étude examine les actions entreprises par les travailleurs sociaux pour améliorer les réseaux sociaux après l'ouragan Katrina. Une étude de cas sur l'ouragan a été réalisée à l'aide de documents d'archives datant de 2005 à 2010. Des rapports sur l'activité des travailleurs sociaux après la catastrophe ont été analysés selon la théorie du capital social afin de trouver des cas de création de liens sociaux d'attachement (homophilous), d'accointement (hétérophilous) ou instrumental (institutionnels). On constate que les travailleurs sociaux ont facilité la création de capital social d'attachement avec leurs clients, avec leurs propres familles et au sein de la profession du travail social. Il y a également eu, à certains moments, une hausse de capital social d'accointances entre les différentes communautés géographiques, raciales et culturelles mais les travailleurs sociaux ne sont pas eux-mêmes à l'abri de préjugés, ce qui a entravé le processus. Le capital social instrumental était difficile à créer puisque l'accè
Letki, Natalia. "Social capital in East-Central Europe". Thesis, University of Oxford, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419054.
Testo completoFu, Qianhong. "Trust, Social Capital and Organizational Effectiveness". Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9926.
Testo completoMaster of Public and International Affairs
Naughton, Linda. "Geographical narratives of exercised social capital". Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2013. http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/2043/.
Testo completoBolton, Debra J. "Social capital in rural southwest Kansas". Diss., Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/10725.
Testo completoDepartment of Family Studies and Human Services
William H. Meredith Jr
Walter R. Schumm
This study addresses a social capital literature that has mostly targeted a White majority population in the United States. Hispanic audiences, especially new immigrant populations, have not been primary survey respondents in most studies. Information about the social connectedness of minorities has come from secondary sources. The goal of this study was to understand to what extent Hispanic, compared to Anglo, families in rural Kansas experienced different levels of social capital in terms of social connectedness and community involvement. This study was done in English and Spanish in order to reach the under-represented population. According to political scientist, Robert Putnam (2000), it is through experiences of face-to-face interaction with those from different backgrounds that people learn to trust each other. Connections create networks that allow social trust to spread throughout society. At the individual level, there has been strong, consistent evidence that social connectedness has positive consequences. Individuals have the capacity and the choice to build their social connectedness and community engagement. Then those assets can be shared with the collective; be it family, organization, community, state, or country. When individuals have access to networks of supportive and accepting associates, it can generate an array of personal and societal benefits that include preventing or overcoming illness, preventing crime, mitigating poverty, addressing racial inequalities, supporting child development, improving health, and addressing other social ills. When one builds a stock of personal relationships and other social connections from which he or she can call upon in times of need, it is called social capital. This study, in part, assessed social connectedness and community engagement of people in Southwest County, a rural location in Southwest Kansas which has a 30% Hispanic population. Surveys were sent to selected households in English and Spanish, and two small focus groups were conducted in the two languages. Statistical analyses indicated support for the hypotheses when the independent variables gender, age, race/ethnicity, education, income, and community longevity were analyzed with dependent variables made up of scaled items to measure social connectedness and community engagement. Race/ethnicity, education, and income appeared to be the strongest predictors of social connectedness and community engagement. Implications of the results are discussed.
Allison, Marion. "Young people, enterprise and social capital". Thesis, University of Stirling, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27885.
Testo completoДенисенко, Павло Анатолійович, Павел Анатольевич Денисенко e Pavlo Anatoliiovych Denysenko. "Some economic aspects of social capital". Thesis, Вид-во СумДУ, 2010. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/8091.
Testo completoOuderkirk, Simon A. "Social capital and the third choice". Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2008.
Cerca il testo completoMilstein, Theresa V. "Community supported agriculture| Cultivating social capital". Thesis, Western Illinois University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1550530.
Testo completoU.S. citizens disengaged from politics and from each other in the latter half of the 20th century, which is evidence of decreased social capital and a weakening democracy. At the same time, small farms were lost at an alarming rate resulting in fewer farms and the rise of "Big Ag". Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) reconnects people to the food they eat and cultivates a community among the farmers and member-shareholders. CSA democratizes food for growers who are beholden to their members rather than to agribusiness, and for members who elect to support a CSA rather than purchase supermarket foods of unknown origin. This study used a survey of 132 CSA operators from across the United States to test whether operators who described "community" as a motivating factor to run a CSA and measured their success in terms of community took concrete actions to build social capital within their CSA and community. The findings revealed that "community" as a motivation and as a measure of success was significantly correlated with social capital building activities. More specifically, CSA operators who rated "Generating a sense of community" as an important motivation and "Community development/quality of life" as an important measure of success were more likely to survey their members as to their wants and needs, host open house events at the farm, participate in community events, and report that the CSA improved social capital in their communities. CSA could be one method to improve depleted social capital and cultivate food democracy.