发展经济学研究视野的拓展:社会资本理论

The Research Horizon Widening in Development Economics:Theory of Social Capital

社会资本作为一种影响人们行为方式的制度、关系与价值观念的综合体,在一个国家或地区的经济与社会发展中发挥着非常重要的作用。社会资本概念拓宽了经济学的研究思路,把经济学和社会学巧妙而又自然地结合起来。把社会资本引入经济学分析框架,有助于扩大发展经济学家的研究视野,突破传统分析的局限性,推进发展经济学的深入研究和发展观的不断演进与创新,并有助于拓展发展经济学的教学和研究内容。

Social capital, as a complex of system, connection and values that influence people＇ s modes of conduct, exerts a great effect on social and economic development of a region or a nation. The concept of social capital has widened the new research areas of economics, and combined economics and sociology skillfully and naturally. Introducing social capital into economics framework will broaden economists＇ views, overcome the limitations of traditional analysis, enhance the progress of development economics and development views, and bring a new trend of teaching and research in development economics.