Social Capital Critical Perspectives

by Baron, Stephen; Field, John; Schuller, Tom

• ISBN13: 9780199243679
• ISBN10: 0199243670
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The idea of social capital is increasingly prominent in international, national, and local policy-making and in the social sciences. However, its rapid rise to prominence has not been matched by proper scrutiny of the idea and its consequences. This book provides the first full criticalanalysis of social capital, written by authors from a wide range of disciplinary and policy backgrounds. The book asks searching questions: Is the concept of social capital really new? Does it offer significant anaytic purchase? Can it be an operational, as opposed to rhetorica concept? Can policies based on social capital deal with conflict and social exclusion? These issues are explored throughstudies of education, health, political science, urban regeneartion, economic development and other areas and disciplines. The authors - who include academics, professionals and policy specialists - are all distinguished and prominent contributors in their own fields.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	ix
List of Contributors	x
Social Capital: A Review and Critique	1	(38)
Tom Schuller
Stephen Baron
John Field
Civil Society and Democratic Renewal	39	(17)
Lindsay Paterson
Social Capital, the Economy, and Education in Historical Perspective	56	(22)
Simon Szreter
Economics, Social Capital, and the Colonization of the Social Sciences	78	(16)
Ben Fine
Francis Green
Socializing Social Capital: Identity, the Transition to Work, and Economic Development	94	(17)
Ralph Fevre
Social Capital, Innovation, and Competitiveness	111	(13)
Peter Maskell
Are Refugees Social Capitalists?	124	(18)
Peter Loizos
Social Capital Trumping Class and Cultural Capital? Engagement with School among Immigrant Youth	142	(26)
Jon Lauglo
Social Capital, Schools, and Exclusions	168	(14)
Pamela Munn
Social Capital and Health: Contextualizing Health Promotion within Local Community Networks	182	(15)
Catherine Campbell
Local Social Capital: Making it Work on the Ground	197	(15)
Alex Macgillivray
Perry Walker
Social Capital and Associational Life	212	(14)
William A. Maloney
Graham Smith
Gerry Stoker
Human Capital, Social Capital, and Collective Intelligence	226	(17)
Phillip Brown
Hugh Lauder
Social Capital and Human Capital Revisited	243	(21)
John Field
Tom Schuller
Stephen Baron
References	264	(29)
Index	293