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en studie om integration och socialt kapital
Socialt kapitalIntegrationMoraliska resurserSamhällsklasserBourdieuPierrePutnamRobert DSociologySociologiSociology of labourSociology of enterpriseArbetslivssociologiFöretagssociologiSocial changesTheory of social workSociala förändringarTeorier om socialt arbeteSocial SciencesLaw and Political Science
Our purpose with this study was to look at the connection between social capital and integration. Particularly if meetings between people from different cultures can increase social capital and in that way affect integration. We start by identifying the social integration perspective we are going to use through out the study and then we introduce social capital theory as a way of narrowing down the field even more. The study was done through six semi structured interviews. We interviewed three women that was established in the Swedish society and three women that had immigration background. We focused on 2 cities in Skåne, one with about 100 000 habitants and the other with only 20 000 habitants. We chose to analyze our material with the help of R.D. Putnams and Bourdieus social capital theories. The focus points has been moral rules, recognition and knowledge and last social class. As a conclusion we discuss social capitals effect on integration and if and how the people we interviewed thinks it has influenced their lives.