Social Capital Versus Social Theory: Political economy and social science at the turn of the millennium - Brossura

Fine, Ben

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0415241804 ISBN 13: 9780415241809

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2000

Riassunto

Traces the origins of social capital through the work of Becker, Bourdiey and Coleman and reviews the literature across the social sciences. This book is topical and uniquely critical of social capital.

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Product Description:

Initially, social capital was used to reveal how family affects schooling; since the 1990s, it has come to explain why nations, communities and individuals are rich or poor in every respect. No area of socio-economic analysis and policy has been left untouched by what the World Bank describes as the missing link to development, from Russia and the Third World, to the ghettos of North America. Ben Fine traces the origins of social capital through the work of Becker, Bourdieu and Coleman, and comprehensively reviews the literature across the social sciences. This text is a criticism of social capital, explaining how it avoids a proper confrontation with political economy and, as a result of its origins and evolution, has become chaotic.

Contenuti:

1. Introduction and Overview  2. The Enigma and Fluidity of Capital  3. Bringing the Social Back In  4. Bourdieu's Social Capital: from distinction to extinction  5. Bringing Rational Choice Back In  6. Making the Benchmark Work for Social Theory  7. The Expanding Universe of Social Capital  8. Making the Post-Washington Consensus  9. World Banking on Social Capital  10. Measuring Social Capital: How long is a missing link  11. Social Capital Versus Political Economy

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0415241804
• ISBN 13: 9780415241809
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 304