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    The handbook of social capital / edited by Dario Castiglione, Jan W. Van Deth, and Guglielmo Wolleb.

    • Title:The handbook of social capital / edited by Dario Castiglione, Jan W. Van Deth, and Guglielmo Wolleb.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Castiglione, Dario.
      Deth, Jan W. van.
      Wolleb, Guglielmo.
    • Published/Created:Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Social capital (Sociology)
    • Description:xxi, 722 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    • ISBN:9780199271238
      0199271232
    • Contents:Social capital's fortune: An introduction / Dario Castiglione, Jan W. van Deth and Guglielmo Wolleb
      Pt. I. Conceptual Issues
      Introduction: Conceptual issues in social capital theory / Dario Castiglione
      1. two meanings of social capital / Hartmut Esser
      2. network theory of social capital / Nan Lin
      3. Social capital and collective action / T. K. Ahn and Elinor Ostrom
      4. Trust as a moral value / Eric M. Uslaner
      5. nature and logic of bad social capital / Mark F. Warren
      6. Measuring social capital / Jan W. van Deth
      7. Social capital as a research programme / Dario Castiglione
      Pt. II. Democratic Politics
      Introduction: Social capital and democratic politics / Jan W. van Deth
      8. Social capital and civic engagement: A comparative perspective / Sigrid Rossteutscher
      9. Trust and Politics / Ken Newton
      10. Political institutions and generalized trust / Bo Rothstein and Dietlind Stolle
      11. Interest groups, social capital, and democratic politics / William A. Maloney
      12. Neighbourhood politics / Herman Lelieveldt
      13. Social capital in multicultural societies / Meindert Fennema and Jean Tillie
      Pt. III. Economic Development
      Introduction: Social capital and economic development / Guglielmo Wolleb
      14. Social capital in economics / Domenico Cersosimo and Rosanna Nistico
      15. relational approach to the theory and practices of economic development / Michael Woolcock and Elizabeth Radin
      16. Social capital and economic development / Anirudh Krishna
      17. Microfinance and social capital / Laura Foschi
      18. Social capital and economic performance in transition economies / Martin Raiser
      19. Social capital, institutions, and collective action between firms / Alessandro Arrighetti, Gilberto Seravalli and Guglielmo Wolleb
      Pt. IV. Between Community and Society
      Introduction: Social capital between community and society / Dario Castiglione
      20. Voluntary associations and socialization / Marc Hooghe
      21. Membership and inequality / Steven N. Durlauf
      22. Social capital and the capability approach / Flavio Comim
      23. Social capital and welfare policy / Bill Jordan
      24. Public policy and social capital / Vivien Lowndes and Lawrence Pratchett.
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