The Conservative Home Affairs spokesperson argued that there is a false dichotomy between the virtues of individual freedom and of social capital.
Source: Oliver Letwin MP, The Moral Market: Why Conservatives believe in social capital, Speech 8.10.02, available from Centre for Policy Studies (020 7222 4488)
Links: Speech text (pdf)
Date: 2002-Oct
A new book examined ways in which the concept of social capital can be used to improve health and reduce health inequalities. It assessed the relative importance of the concept as it relates to different age groups, gender and ethnic groups, and its social policy implications.
Source: Catherine Swann and Antony Morgan (eds.), Social Capital for Health: Insights from Qualitative Research, Health Development Agency (0870 121 4194)
Links: Book (pdf) | Press release
See also: Journal of Social Policy Volume 31/4, Digest 124, paragraph 9.2
Date: 2002-Sep
An official survey measured how neighbourly people are, and what they think of their communities, as part of an innovative attempt to measure different aspects of social capital.
Source: M. Coulthard et al., People's Perceptions of their Neighbourhood and Community Involvement: Results from the Social Capital Module of the General Household Survey 2000, Office for National Statistics, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2002-Jun