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Social capital then emerges in the form of expectations that others will reciprocate in response to co-operative initiatives; and it can spread through the community as more and more people become aware of the advantages of cooperation.
whether or not co-operation takes root will depend on the pre-existing set of social and political relations in the community and on the degree of inequality and polarization suffered by society
. Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation (New York: Basic Books, 1984).
Social Capital: Explaining Its Origins and Effects on
Government Performance
CARLES BOIX AND DANIEL N. POSNER British Journal of Political Science (1998)
Ostrom, Elinor, 1990, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective
Action (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge University Press).