(the following is a brief quote from my draft dissertation)    

 "I argue that community organizations like the computer center make these (social capital) conversion cycles possible. Without this, especially in resource-scarce less developed areas, these social resources may quickly dissipate before accumulation can occur. Community organizations like the community computer center provide a vehicle by which the social capital created by the prosocial behavior of one individual becomes available for use by others. These social resources move back and forth between the control of individuals and control of the organization, just as a library book which circulates is sometimes in the possession of the borrower and sometimes in the possession of the library. Organizations manage assets in the social domain and hopefully enable this pool of assets, including both tangible and intangible assets, to accumulate." (read more)

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