رأس المال الاجتماعي و التنمية الاجتماعية : تحليل مقارن لنظريتي تماسك العلاقات و الشبكة الاجتماعية بالتطبيق على جماعات العمل في الجمعيات الأهلية

Abstract EN

The current study emphasizes on the central role of social capital for development process, so it presents theoretical review of both Relational Cohesion Theory and Social Network Theory as they are similar formulation of the idea of social capital and explores the relation between these theories and the realm of development.

The study aims to reveal the agreement and disagreement aspects among social capital, relational cohesion and social network theories and their relationship with social development.

The study takes a sample from the civil society working groups to compare the theoretical assumptions of both theories with the actual reality through an analysis of the network of relations in the two civil associations at Qena: Nahr al-Khair (a branch of the Resala Association at Qena) and the Society for the of the Family and Environment Development Association (FEDA).

The interviews and the sociometric test were used to collect data from 29 individual workers in both associations.

At the theoretical level, the study concluded that the social capital theory and social network theory reflect the nature of work at Resala association because it depends on volunteers and donations but Relational Cohesion Theory reflects the nature of work at FEDA because it depends on small working groups and paid work.