Social Equity and Social Capital for Wellbeing

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Social Equity
Social equity can be referred to as a fair access to living, education, resources, food and
shelter, employment and a full participation in the cultural and the political life of the community
and determination of self, for meeting the fundamental requirements of life. The concept of
social equity can be applicable to public administration, gender and sexuality, race, religion,
education, employment and health (Guy & McCandless, 2012). Social capital can be defined as
the value of the social relationships with shared norms, understanding and cooperation that
facilitates the mental and spiritual wellbeing of an individual and helps him/her to sustain in the
society (Dubos, 2017).
In case of public administration social equity has been proposed to be the basic
operational guideline that involves fairness, justness in legal proceedings or the right to receive
legal support. Social equity is often interchanged with the basic rights of the social equality and
it is mainly dependent on the judgment of the abilities for taking actions for the specific groups;
in this case the aboriginal people (Greenberg et al., 2015). Social equity is all about dealing
every human being as same. It involves the provision of equal opportunities to all without an
imbalance in the distribution of the resources. Hence it can be seen how social capital and social
equity are interconnected.
Indicators of social capital
Some of the key indicators of social capital are:-

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Indicators Definition Examples of indicators
Civic participation Involvement of the
Aboriginal people in national
and local affairs and their
capability to influence them
(Guy & McCandless, 2012).
 Ability to vote.
 How well they are
informed about the
local and the national
affairs.
 Involvement in local
action.
Social support Support of family and peers  Number of close
friends living nearby
 Availability of help
 Frequency of meeting
with the families and
the peers.
Social participation Participation in community
based work by collaborating
with the non-indigenous
people, or acceptance in their
community.
 Frequency of the
involvement.
 Number of aboriginal
people actively taking
part in community
level activities.
Trust and reciprocity Amount of trust between the
individuals of the
 Rate at which the
aboriginal people rely