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9780198297130

Social Capital Critical Perspectives

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198297130

  • ISBN10:

    0198297130

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-02-15
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

"Social capital," a new idea gaining worldwide recognition, is explored in this book through studies of education, health, political science, urban regeneration, and economic development. Providing a unique overview of the topic, together with critical discussion of its application in a wide variety of fields, the volume offers the first full critical analysis of social capital, written by academics, professionals and policy specialists who 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

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