This article begins by briefly examining the previous literature in this area and focusing on the difficulty associated with defining and measuring cultural capital Next, the term cultural capital is examined in a wider context alongside its relationship with the other capitals defined by Bourdieu. While cultural capital is theoretically convertible into other forms of capital, the overwhelming...

Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Regional Inequality in China We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economicand TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth patterns can be understood as a function of several interrelated factors, which include investment in physical capital, human capital, and infrastructure capital; the infusion of new technology and its regional spr...

case study 18 to 29 years of kurdistan youths theoretical framework of this study is based on theories of rojek, stibens and bourdieu and studies the situation of leisure time among youths as one of the social groups influencing the dynamics of cultural, social and political deal. survey method and questionnaire have been used to collect data and analyzes has been made. the study population con...

in this study the association between social capital and entrepreneurial locus of control among small and medium-sized enterprises’ managers is evaluated. the innovation of this study is theorizing and clarifying the role of social capital and its dimensions in fostering managers' internal locus of control. internal locus of control is one of the most frequently mentioned personal characte...

The objective of this research is to analyze regional economic difference and explore the influencing factors, which would eventually provide an effective foundation to narrow the regional economic differences. In this paper, a new regional economic difference model is established considering the interactions between the spatial weight and human capital and foreign direct investment (FDI). With...

Introduction With rare exceptions, the Arctic regions have always been a showcase of economic marginalization and the polygon for (largely unsuccessful) economic development policies and projects (Agranat 1992; Rea 1976; Hayter and others 1994; DiFrancesco 2000; Bone 2009). Economists have well documented that frontier economies are marginal, vulnerable, structurally truncated and functionally ...

In field-capital theory, people acquire economic, social and cultural capital which they deploy in social arenas known as "fields" to compete for positions of distinction and status. Competitive behaviour in these fields is of interest to marketers. Examining human behaviour through the lens of field and capital theory highlights the importance of the competition motive in explaining consumers'...

This article is aimed to explain sociologically active aging with emphasizing the social capital in Esfahan. The present research is a survey and in terms of purpose is a practical type of cross-sectional study. The population is all elderly over 60 years in Esfahan in 2015. The sample size is selected by using Cochran Formula to 384 subjects and a quota sampling method is done by focusing the ...

INTRODUCTION Social capital is increasingly used in relation to health issues, particularly in sexually transmitted diseases/infections and health behaviors. Experiences indicated that social capital can contribute in changing HIV related risk behaviors and a decline of HIV infection through social groups and networking and make more effective use of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment ser...