Social Capital and Peace-Building : Creating and Resolving Conflict with Trust and Social Networks

by Cox, Michaelene

• ISBN13: 9780203887837
• ISBN10: 0203887832
• Copyright: 2008-11-11
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This new edited collection illustrates the paradoxical power of social capital in creating and resolving conflict. It is the first book to bring the two faces of social capital together in a single volume, and includes previously unpublished case studies, statistical analyses, and theoretical essays.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Social Capital as an Instrument of Violence

Shades of orange and green: Civil society and the peace process in Northern Ireland

Reporting the greater odds: Dissent and militancy among trusting East-Central European citizens

Social capital, crime and welfare: the cases of Colombia and Honduras

Analyzing the dark side of social capital: Organized crime in Russia

Illicit interest groups, social capital, and conflict: A study of the FARC

Social Capital as a Catalyst for Peace

The color of tears is the same everywhere: Inter-ethnic networking and grassroots organizing among women workers in conflict-ridden Sri Lanka

Gender, conflict, and social capital: Bonding and bridging in war in the Former Yugoslavia

Decentralization and social capital formation in communities of Mali

Cyprus conflict and social capital theory: a new perspective on an old conflict

Ambiguities of Social Capital in Peace and Conflict

The pacific promise of civic institutions? Causal ambiguity in the study of social capital

Social capital in exclusive and inclusive networks: Satisfying human needs through conflict and conflict resolution

Exploring opportunities and obstacles for a constructive role of social capital in peacebuilding: A framework for analysis

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