EVALUATING SOCIAL CAPITAL IN RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES FROM SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVE: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES

This study has been conducted to assess the status of the social capital in rural and urban communities from social work perspective. The empirical evidence was derived from one SHG group each from rural community and one urban community. With increased rural-urban migration due to the advent of urbanization, increased expansion of urban area and Globalization, there is an immediate need to compare and analyze the social capital of both rural and urban communities. The core questions from the integrated questionnaire to measure social capital, published by World Bank, have been used in this study.