Social Capital: Critical Perspectives

by Stephen Baron

Book Overview

"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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199243670
• ISBN13: 9780199243679
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"