SOCL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Structural Holes, Social Capital, Embeddedness
2 Feb 2018
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The in-group is the powerful group, most often the majority, whereas the out- group is the stigmatized or less powerful group, usually the minority. The existence of high levels of social capital in a community generally means that the community is tightly knit and can come together to face challenges and make improvements. Many opinions exist about changes in social capital in the united. States during the past 50 or so years. Some argue that we have less time to devote to traditional community activities while others say that the advent of the. Internet has created new ways of bringing people together. Max weber identified six key elements of the ideal bureaucratic organization: Bureaucratic alienation dehumanize the people it is supposed to serve. The process of reducing the human being to "a small cog in a ceaselessly moving mechanism" A focus on rules and regulations to the point of undermining an organization"s goals.
