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"Welcome to NeighborGoods where you can save and earn money by sharing stuff with your friends!"

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Social Capital, from the Saguaro Seminar on Civic Engagement in America.

Interview with Robert Putnam on Bowling Alone and Social Capital.

Manhattan is the capital of people living by themselves. But are New Yorkers lonelier? Far from it, say a new breed of loneliness researchers, who argue that urban alienation is largely a myth.

Primer on social capital, what it is and how it works from The Saguaro Seminar, a special seminar at Harvard.

all about building social capital ... an initiative of the Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America, Kennedy School of Government

Research on whether online social networks affect social capital

"Facebook will grow their service by allowing people to accrue attention in a way they can't currently in the system. People will realize the same benefits they currently do on Twitter…you can actually start to have an audience that is larger than your current friends list. In other words, this will allow members of Facebook to have a much larger reach than they could before…thus giving Facebook a larger reach as well."