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Social Capital in the Lived Experiences of Community Gardeners

2004; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 26; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/01490400490432064

1521-0588

Troy D. Glover,

Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research

In this narrative inquiry, I explored a community garden as a social context in which social capital was produced, accessed, and used by a social network of community gardeners. In particular, I focused on the distribution of social capital among members of the garden group. My findings suggest social capital can be both a benefit and cost, depending upon the position a social actor occupies within a functioning social network. Based upon this finding, I encourage leisure researchers to critically analyze social capital and study its potential for inequitable or even corrupt application, as opposed to focusing exclusively on its collective value.