Social Capital and The Empowerment of Poor Society

Abstract

This article deeply examines the PNPM (National program of the empowerment of urban) which is related to the way to make social capitals, such as bonding, bridging, and linking of the poor people. The specific research problems here are :1) are there social capital such as bonding, bridging, and linking, in the poor people?; (2) can the PNPM (National program of the empowerment of urban) make social capitals such as bonding, bridging, and linking in the poor society?. The perspective of this study is the sociology development. This research is conducted in five sub-districts Mojosari, Mojokerto. The five sub-districts are Sarirejo, Mojosari, Wonokusumo, Sawahan, and Kauman. The data are collected through depth interview and analyzed by flow analysis model through explanation. The result shows that; (1) social capital bonding, bridging, and linking stay on the poor people if their commitment can become the element of social capital. (2) if the government still use their basic project and fund form the abroad in developing poor people, the government’s position will be very weak. It will give effect to the society’s low trust to the government. Finally, social capital such as bonding, bridging, and linking cannot be created in the poor people.

Keywords: social capital, bonding, bridging, linking and society development