A social capital perspective on Southwest Associated University
Although being faced with a lot of difficulties,Southwest Associated University(SWAU) made an outstanding achievement within eight years of anti-Japanese war.The concept of social capital was put forward which has offered a theoretical perspective of how SWAU ran the school.In respect of its interior relation network,SWAU realized good cooperation among the three universities,advocated for professors' management of the school,established close relationship between teachers and students,set up some active student organizations.In terms of its exterior relation network,SWAU not only kept a wide contact with local people of Yunnan,domestic and overseas groups and organizations,patriotic overseas Chinese and schoolfellows,but also took on the property of strong internationalization.From the angle of the informal system,deeply influenced by the ideology of the traditional Chinese culture,SWAU strongly valued patriotism and fostered the tradition of worshiping democracy and innovation.