Nafus I. Accumulation of social capital at different levels of the economy

The thesis explores social capital as an economic resource, which is formed as a set of structured social relations at different levels of the economy thanks to social networks, trust, values and norms of mutual behavior and provides its owners with access to various benefits and additional opportunities to increase collective efficiency. activities and receive economic benefits in the form of social rents. The following characteristics of social capital are singled out: it is a limited social resource, an intangible form of capital; multifunctional and has a low degree of formalization; is a resource in which other resources can be invested in anticipation of future return on investment; provides access to other resources and values; its use can be aimed at achieving different end results, as the same network of social ties of individuals can provide them with access to different resources and values; productive because it provides benefits, works for results, brings social rent; can be converted into other forms of capital, because social networks and their attributes - connections, obligations, trust - can provide financial and material capital; in comparison with other forms of capital, social capital is the least liquid; social capital is lost as a result of non-use; to remain productive, it requires the joint efforts of several parties; active use of social capital by some members of the network at the expense of others may reduce the amount of social capital reproduced by the social network as a whole.