Examples of Symbolic Capital
What follows is a non-exhaustive list of what may constitute symbolic capital.
A county commission may recruit local neighborhood leaders to help with zoning laws based on those individuals' prior accomplishments in improving infrastructure or bridging ties at the community level.
Activists may hold more leverage in social or political arenas based on their prior experiences (see: combat veterans protesting war, former police chiefs protesting brutality, and so on).
Financing or supporting a nation's war efforts may award an individual with social capital should that effort also be accepted by the citizens within the culture.
Olympic medalists often serve as embodiments of a nation's prestige.
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