Stocks of social capital, such as trust, norms and networks, tend to be self- reinforcing and cumulative. Successful collaboration in one endeavour builds connections and trust-social assets that facilitate future collaboration in other, unrelated tasks. As with conventional capital, those who have social capital tend to accumulate more-them as has, gets. (Putnam et al, 1993, p. 3)
By equating social relations with capital accumulation, traditional ideas of the social are challenged, with consequences for the imagining of the public, and for the scope of public policy. By making sentiments and beliefs quantifiable, governability is enhanced, and at the same time as an ethical discourse is