http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/social-capital Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 27 May 2026 23:50:44 -0400 Wed, 27 May 2026 23:50:44 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1389/social-brokers-reinforcing-the-family-to-increase-social-mobility By Spencer Barr - Social and economic wellbeing are not simply determined by the choices one makes. Social class and poverty display consistent patterns across groups and generations making social mobility and economic success difficult in individual lives. But there are some who seem to defy the limitations of social class and become successful despite humble or difficult beginnings. In particular, social brokers like governmental organizations, charities and philanthropists have become common in trying to decrease the negative effects of social stratification and provide resources for future success stories in... Mon, 11 Apr 2016 08:20 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1389/social-brokers-reinforcing-the-family-to-increase-social-mobility http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/888/ethnic-diversity-and-social-capital-at-the-community-level-effects-and-implications-for-policymakers By Vilius Semenas - Research on the impact of ethnic diversity on ‘social capital’ is relatively new in the field of political science (Stolle et al., 2008: 57). Reinvigorating a prominent and interesting debate among scholars, Robert Putnam awakened the subject in a 2007 paper entitled “E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century.” His main hypothesis was that ethnic diversity at the neighbourhood level, in the short term, leads to people ‘hunkering down,’ or being less social, trusting, and altruistic. This paper, however, challenges Putnam’s &lsquo... Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:31 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/888/ethnic-diversity-and-social-capital-at-the-community-level-effects-and-implications-for-policymakers http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/663/the-mexican-american-health-paradox-the-collective-influence-of-sociocultural-factors-on-hispanic-health-outcomes By Merit P. George - According to recent statistics published by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011, Hispanics in the United States tend to outlive non-Hispanic whites by almost three years. Specifically, the life expectancy at birth for Hispanic Americans is around 81 years, while non-Hispanic whites on average live to be around 78 years of age. These facts and figures do not represent an isolated phenomenon limited to the recent past; in fact, these distinctive trends in life expectancy and mortality have occupied researchers since 1986, when Dr. Kyriakos Markides and his colleagues... Wed, 20 Nov 2013 04:21 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/663/the-mexican-american-health-paradox-the-collective-influence-of-sociocultural-factors-on-hispanic-health-outcomes