Handbook of Social Capital: The Troika of Sociology, Political Science and Economics (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series)

by Gert Tinggaard Svendsen and Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen

Book Overview

The Handbook of Social Capital offers an important contribution to the study of bonding and bridging social capital networks, balancing the 'troika' of sociology, political science and economics. Eminent contributors, including Nobel Prize winner Elinor Ostrom, explore the different scientific approaches required if international research is to embrace both the bright and the more shadowy aspects of social capital. The Handbook stresses the importance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849804338
• ISBN13: 9781849804332
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"