Foundations of Social Capital

Foundations of Social Capital

by Elinor Ostrom, T. K. Ahn
ISBN-10:
1840648279
ISBN-13:
9781840648270
Pub. Date:
06/28/2003
Publisher:
Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN-10:
1840648279
ISBN-13:
9781840648270
Pub. Date:
06/28/2003
Publisher:
Edward Elgar Publishing
Foundations of Social Capital

Foundations of Social Capital

by Elinor Ostrom, T. K. Ahn
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Overview

Few social scientific concepts have gathered so much attention and so many followers in such a short period of time as the concept of social capital. The purpose of this authoritative volume is to review the foundations for this fast growing field.

The selected articles embed the concept in core theoretical work in economics, political science, sociology, development theory, and philosophy. Topics include: contemporary conceptual and philosophical foundations; forms of social capital; and the relation of social capital to both development and democracy.

This collection will provide an insightful reference source to students and researchers alike.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781840648270
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date: 06/28/2003
Series: Critical Studies in Economic Institutions series , #2
Pages: 630
Product dimensions: 6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x 2.00(d)

About the Author

Edited by the late Elinor Ostrom, formerly Senior Research Director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, US and 2009 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for research on economic governance and T.K. Ahn, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Table of Contents

Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction Elinor Ostrom and T.K. Ahn
PART I FORERUNNERS
1. Alexis de Tocqueville ([1840] 1945), ‘Of the Use Which the Americans Make of Public Associations in Civil Life’, ‘Of the Relation between Public Associations and the Newspapers’, ‘Relation of Civil to Political Associations’, and ‘How the Americans Combat Individualism by the Principle of Self-Interest Rightly Understood’
2. Lyda Judson Hanifan (1920), ‘Social Capital – Its Development and Use’
3. Theodore W. Schultz (1961), ‘Investment in Human Capital’
4. Jane Jacobs (1961), ‘The Uses of City Neighborhoods’
PART II CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS
5. Mark S. Granovetter (1973), ‘The Strength of Weak Ties’
6. Mark Granovetter (1985), ‘Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness’
7. James S. Coleman (1987), ‘Norms as Social Capital’
8. James S. Coleman (1988), ‘Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital’
9. Vincent Ostrom (1980), ‘Artisanship and Artifact’
PART III FORMS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL
10. Ronald S. Burt (1992), excerpt from ‘The Social Structure of Competition’
11. Robert D. Putnam, Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Y. Nanetti (1993), ‘Social Capital and Institutional Success’
12. Elinor Ostrom (1992), ‘Institutions as Rules-in-Use’
13. Diego Gambetta (2000), ‘Can We Trust Trust?’
14. Francis Fukuyama (2000), Social Capital and Civil Society
15. Partha Dasgupta (2002), ‘Social Capital and Economic Performance: Analytics’ [Revised and abridged version of: Partha Dasgupta (2000), ‘Economic Progress and the Idea of Social Capital’
PART IV SOCIAL CAPITAL AND DEVELOPMENT
16. Michael Woolcock (1998), ‘Social Capital and Economic Development: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis and Policy Framework’
17. Francis Fukuyama (1995), ‘Social Capital and the Global Economy’
18. Michael Woolcock and Deepa Narayan (2000), ‘Social Capital: Implications for Development Theory, Research, and Policy’
19. Paul Collier and Jan Willem Gunning (1999), ‘Explaining African Economic Performance’
20. Stephen Knack and Philip Keefer (1997), ‘Does Social Capital Have an Economic Payoff? A Cross-Country Investigation’
PART V SOCIAL CAPITAL AND DEMOCRACY
21. Robert D. Putnam (1993), ‘The Prosperous Community: Social Capital and Public Life’
22. Robert D. Putnam (1995), ‘Tuning In, Tuning Out: The Strange Disappearance of Social Capital in America’
23. John Brehm and Wendy Rahn (1997), ‘Individual-Level Evidence for the Causes and Consequences of Social Capital’
Name Index
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