"Social capital," a current idea gaining worldwide recognition, is increasingly influencing international, national, and local policy-making within the social sciences. But is it really a new concept? Can it be an operational, as opposed to rhetorical, concept? And can policies based on social capital deal with conflict and social exclusion? These questions are 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.
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Stephen Baron, University of Glasgow, Scotland John Field, University of Warwick, England Tom Schuller, Birkbeck College, University of London
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SOCIAL capital-broadly, social networks, the reciprocities that arise from them, and the value of these for achieving mutual goals-has become an influential concept in debating and understanding the modern world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
extensive social capital, developing country background, valuing school, parental nationality, social capital debate, social capital perspective, social capital literature, social reproduction theory, relationship between social capital, immigrant youth, exclusion from school Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Northern Ireland, World Bank, James Coleman, United States, Robert Putnam, Asia Minor, World War, Adam Smith, Francis Fukuyama, Jon Lauglo, Scottish Office, Adam Ferguson, Church of Scotland, Fernandez Kelly, Nea Krasia, New Right, New York, Scottish Enlightenment, Enlightenment Scots, Silicon Valley New!
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SOCIAL capital-broadly, social networks, the reciprocities that arise from them, and the value of these for achieving mutual goals-has become an influential concept in debating and understanding the modern world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
extensive social capital, developing country background, valuing school, parental nationality, social capital debate, social capital perspective, social capital literature, social reproduction theory, relationship between social capital, immigrant youth, exclusion from school Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Northern Ireland, World Bank, James Coleman, United States, Robert Putnam, Asia Minor, World War, Adam Smith, Francis Fukuyama, Jon Lauglo, Scottish Office, Adam Ferguson, Church of Scotland, Fernandez Kelly, Nea Krasia, New Right, New York, Scottish Enlightenment, Enlightenment Scots, Silicon Valley New!
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- Social Capital: A Multifaceted Perspective by Ismail Serageldin on 4 pages
- A Diverse Assembly by Lindsay Paterson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Unhealthy Societies: The Afflictions of Inequality by Richard G. Wilkinson on page 187, page 238, and Back Matter
- Social Theory for a Changing Society by Pierre Bourdieu on page 4, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Social Science by Clark in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Gender and Social Capital (Gender Politics--Global Issues) by Brenda O'Neill on 7 pages
- Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide (Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics) by Pippa Norris on 4 pages
- The Benefits of Learning: The Impact of Education on Health, Family Life and Social Capital by Tom Schuller on 4 pages
- International Perspectives on Lifelong Learning: From Recurrent Education to the Knowledge Society by Tony Georg Butcher in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 86
- Social Exclusion And The Making Of Social Networks (Voices in Development Management) by Robert Strathdee in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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