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SOCIAL CAPITAL
CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNITY AND "BOWLING ALONE" |
| By: |
Scott L. McLean (Editor), David A. Schultz (Editor), Manfred B. Steger (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£80.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0814798136 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780814798133 |
| Publisher: |
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 2002 |
| Pages: |
295 |
| Description: |
This collection tackles the theme of isolation and the breakdown of mediating social institutions. It is, in part, a response to Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone as well as an attempt to create a broader idea of civil society. |
| Synopsis: |
"Social Capital is an important crtique that should stimulate further analysis and dicussion of what constitutes community." - New Political Science "The reader emerges with a good sense of the gaps in Putnam's work- or more appropriately in the context of this book, the way in which the 'feelgood' factor of Putnam's work deserves critical analysis."-Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations This collection tackles the theme of isolation and the breakdown of mediating social institutions. It is, in part, a response to Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone as well as an attempt to create a broader idea of civil society. These original essays contribute to the examination of democratic theory and practice, exploring one of the most popular causes of this decline in public trust-social capital. These critical essays are written by specialists and scholars in American politics and American political thought. They utilize diverse methodologies-empirical and philosophical-and multiple perspectives to examine critically the social capital discourse and how it is related to political participation, civic engagement, and American democracy. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
New York University Press |
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Non-returnable |
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