- The quality of the relationships and the cohesion that exists among its citizens is referred to as social capital.
- There are two types of social capital
- Bonding - Composed of people of like mind
- Bridging - Encompass different types of people
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Community well-being simply had to do with the quality of the relationships, the cohesion that exists among its citizens. He calls this social capital. - Peter Block in [[Community]]
As Putnam and Feldstein put it: “A society that has only bonding social capital will . . . be segregated into mutually hostile camps. So a pluralistic democracy requires lots of bridging social capital, not just the bonding variety.” - Peter Block in [[Community]]