Social Capital of Private Businessman Class in China

摘要

This article aims to discuss the operational logic of the merging class of private businessman, with an emphasis on the important role of social capital. It begins with a review of the development of social capital and of the previous research on social capital of private businessman in China. Based on this, the concept of social capital is dearly defined, which lays a foundation for the following analysis. In order to analyze the emergence of private businessman class, Robert Vegeta's argumentation method is adopted. Three theoretical hypotheses and nine inferences are put forward to demonstrate the inner logic of social capital of private businessman in China.