Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to analyze how the application of social capital in the
effort to empower the brick industry community in the District of Tenayan Raya.
Development that needs to be done by the government is not only physical
development, but development that leads to community development. Every
community development activity is related to the process of community empowerment
that is able to utilize the results of empowerment itself. The most appropriate
approach in community empowerment is one of them with the development of the
industrial sector, community economic empowerment through a group approach, in
the form of joint economic ventures. Social capital which is one aspect in the context of
community empowerment is often forgotten. Improving the quality of community life
can be done by increasing social capital in the community. Seeing the conditions that
occur in the stone industry community there has not been a significant increase in the
economy in improving the lives of their families. The method used in this research is a
qualitative descriptive method with research instruments in the form of in-depth
interviews, observations and documentation. The results showed that the application
of social capital in the brick industry community in the District of Tenayan Raya had
not been maximally implemented. From the results of the study it was found that the
elements of social capital that most influenced the community were trust and social
networking. Besides that, the functioning of community institutions and the role of
community leaders have an impact on community empowerment in order to improve
the standard of living of the brick industry community in the District of Tenayan
Raya.
