Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Sociology - Classics and Theoretical Directions, grade: 1,5, University of Tubingen (Institut fur Soziologie), course: James S. Coleman, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In this paper, Coleman's concept of social capital is introduced and illustrated. Due to a lack of a critical observation concerning negative effects caused by social capital an approach is being made to show that also social capital is not only a source of good.