2.2. Different forms of social capital and its measurement
The standard criticism levelled at the social capital concept is
that it is usually defined too broadly and is thus analytically useless.
We therefore emulate scholars such as Lin (1999a), defining
social capital more narrowly and leanly as interpersonal networks
(ties) plus resources. Social structures are not independent of their
context, and not every social structure will result in social capital
(Jans, 2003). In the end, it is the resource that turns the social
structure into social capital.