Theories of Social Capital: Researchers Behaving Badly

by Ben Fine

Tracing the evolution of social capital since his highly acclaimed contribution of 2001 (Social Capital Versus Social Theory), Ben Fine consolidates his position as the world's leading critic of the concept.

Fine forcibly demonstrates how social capital has expanded across the social sciences only by degrading the different disciplines and topics that it touches: a McDonaldisation of social theory. The rise and fall of social capital...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745329969
• ISBN13: 9780745329963
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.4"