对于城市贫困穷人为什么找工作难的问题,现有的关注点集中在穷人缺乏工作机会、社会资本不足、遭受文化贫困或雇主歧视等原因上,而忽视了他们对自己的社会资本开发不足。斯密斯澄清了这种观点。她发现,穷人并不缺乏社会资本,而是缺乏把社会资本激活的能力。在此基础上,她从多个方面分析了影响社会资本激活的因素,为完善穷人的社会支持网络、促进其能力提升提供了有益思考。 For the poor urban poor find jobs difficult problem, the existing focus on the lack of job opportunities for the poor, social capital shortage, suffer from cultural poverty or employer discrimination and other reasons, while ignoring their lack of development of their social capital. Smith clarified this view. She found that poor people do not lack social capital, but lack the ability to activate social capital. On this basis, she analyzed the factors influencing the activation of social capital from many aspects and provided useful thinking for improving the poor social support network and promoting her ability to enhance.