The Handbook of Social Capital

by Dario Castiglione

Social capital is a relatively new concept in the social sciences. In the last twenty or so years it has come to indicate that networks of social relationships represent a 'resource' for both the individual and society, since they provide support for the individual and facilitate collective action. Although this is not an entirely new idea, the more systematic way in which social capital captures such an intuition has created a new theoretical paradigm...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199271232
• ISBN13: 9780199271238
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 744 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.1" x 9.6"