ISBN:
9780191556579
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXI, 722 S.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Handbook of Social Capital
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
The study of social capital is one of the most exciting recent developments in the social sciences. Written by some of the main experts in the field this Handbook is an authoritative, critical, and innovative introduction to the study of social capital. - ;Social capital is a relatively new concept in the social sciences. In the last twenty or so years it has come to indicate that networks of social relationships represent a 'resource' for both the individual and society, since they provide support for the individual and facilitate collective action. Although this is not an entirely new idea
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Contributors; Social capital's fortune: An introduction; PART I: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES; Introduction: Conceptual issues in social capital theory; 1. The two meanings of social capital; 2. A network theory of social capital; 3. Social capital and collective action; 4. Trust as a moral value; 5. The nature and logic of bad social capital; 6. Measuring social capital; 7. Social capital as a research programme; PART II: DEMOCRATIC POLITICS; Introduction: Social capital and democratic politics; 8. Social capital and civic engagement: A comparative perspective; 9. Trust and Politics
Description / Table of Contents:
10. Political institutions and generalized trust11. Interest groups, social capital, and democratic politics; 12. Neighbourhood politics; 13. Social capital in multicultural societies; PART III: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Introduction: Social capital and economic development; 14. Social capital in economics; 15. A relational approach to the theory and practices of economic development; 16. Social capital and economic development; 17. Microfinance and social capital; 18. Social capital and economic performance in transition economies
Description / Table of Contents:
19. Social capital, institutions, and collective action between firmsPART IV: BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY; Introduction: Social capital between community and society; 20. Voluntary associations and socialization; 21. Membership and inequality; 22. Social capital and the capability approach; 23. Social capital and welfare policy; 24. Public policy and social capital; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Concept Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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