Editing Social capital (section)

=== Sample societies ===
'''Post-Communist''': Kathleen Dowley and Brian Silver published an article entitled "Social Capital, Ethnicity and Support for Democracy in the Post-Communist States", in which they find that in [[Post-communist countries|post-communist states]], higher levels of social capital did not equate to higher levels of democracy. However, higher levels of social capital led to higher support for democracy.<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 826422|title = Social Capital, Ethnicity and Support for Democracy in the Post-Communist States|journal = Europe-Asia Studies|volume = 54|issue = 4|pages = 505–527|last1 = Dowley|first1 = Kathleen M.|last2 = Silver|first2 = Brian D.|year = 2002|doi = 10.1080/09668130220139145|s2cid = 154303219}}</ref>

'''Third-world''': A number of intellectuals in [[Developing country|developing countries]] have argued that the idea of social capital, particularly when connected to certain ideas about civil society, is deeply implicated in contemporary modes of donor and [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]]-driven [[imperialism]] and that it functions, primarily, to blame the poor for their condition.<ref>see Moore, David, ed. 2007. ''The World Bank''. [[University of KwaZulu-Natal Press]].</ref>

'''Chinese''': The concept of social capital in a Chinese [[social context]] has been closely linked with the concept of ''[[guanxi]]''.

'''American''': One attempt to measure social capital, involving the quantity, quality and strength of an individual social capital, was spearheaded by Corporate Alliance in the English-speaking market segment of the US,<ref>{{cite web|title=corporatealliance.net|url=http://www.corporatealliance.net/|access-date=2014-04-20|publisher=corporatealliance.net|archive-date=20 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620112321/http://www.corporatealliance.net/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Xentrum through the Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Utah on the Spanish-speaking population of the same country.<ref>{{cite web|title=xentrum.org|url=http://www.xentrum.org/|access-date=2014-04-20|publisher=xentrum.org|archive-date=31 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031064137/http://www.xentrum.org/|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Camara Latinoamericana > Home|url=http://www.camaralatinoamericana.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128191333/http://camaralatinoamericana.com/|archive-date=28 January 2011|access-date=2014-04-20}}</ref> With the assistance of software applications and web-based relationship-oriented systems such as [[LinkedIn]], these kinds of organizations are expected to provide its members with a way to keep track of the ''number'' of their relationships, meetings designed to boost the ''strength'' of each relationship using group dynamics, executive retreats and networking events as well as training in how to reach out to higher circles of ''influential'' people.