Castle, Emery N. creator text xu| 2002 continuing ng p.331-49. This paper sets forth an interdisciplinary interpretation of social capital that will permit the concept to be used with precision in scholarly and scientific work. If the interpretation is accepted, the social capital concept cannot be regarded as a social theory, nor as a statement of normative goals. The interdisciplinary concept proposed here is applied to rural studies. - Reproduced. Social capital Rural Sociology 180718