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10.5522/04/31281928.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/report/Community_and_prosperity_beyond_social_capital_The_case_of_Newham_East_London/31281928 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/61694695 UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, None UCL Institute for Global Prosperity Moore, Henrietta Henrietta Moore Mintchev, Nikolay Nikolay Mintchev <![CDATA[Community and prosperity beyond social capital: The case of Newham, East London]]> History and theory of the built environment (excl. architecture) Social capital critique Prosperity as a social framework Social imagination and identity 2026-02-25 2026-02-25 Report 2026 University College London This entry serves as a record of the study and does not include papers or conference proceedings, which are hosted in the Publications Repository.

Henrietta Moore and Nikolay Mintchev argue that a narrow focus on social capital obscures the complexity of community dynamics. The authors consider prosperity as a lens for understanding community.

1 February 2017

Researchers and policymakers agree that being part of a good community is essential for people's flourishing and wellbeing. The commonly used measure for assessing the quality of communities is social capital, defined as trust in others and engagement in local activities.

However, as this article by Dr Nikolay Mintchev and Professor Henrietta Moore shows, there is more to community life than social capital. What also matters is the ways in which people imagine the kind of community that they are a part of, as well as their roles, and those of others, in making their neighbourhood a better place.


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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0261018316683461

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