Active social capital : tracing the roots of development and democracy / Anirudh Krishna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krishna, Anirudh, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Social aspects.

Economic development.

Social capital (Sociology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2002]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The idea of social capital allows scholars to assess the quality of relationships among people within a particular community and show how that quality affects the ability to achieve shared goals. With evidence collected from sixty-nine villages in India, Krishna investigates what social capital is, how it operates in practice, and what results it can be expected to produce. Does social capital provide a viable means for advancing economic development, promoting ethnic peace, and strengthening democratic governance? The world is richer than ever before, but more than a fifth of its people are poor and miserable. Civil wars and ethnic strife continue to mar prospects for peace. Democracy is in place in most countries, but large numbers of citizens do not benefit from it. How can development, peace and democracy become more fruitful for the ordinary citizen? This book shows how social capital is a crucial dimension of any solution to these problems.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: Can Social Capital Help Support Development and Democracy?

2. How Might Social Capital Matter?

3. Structure and Agency: New Political Entrepreneurs and the Rise of Village-Based Collective Action

4. Measuring Social Capital

5. Understanding Economic Development: Why Do Some Villages Develop Faster than Others?

6. Examining Community Harmony: Why Are Some Villages Peaceful and Others Not?

7. Democratic Participation in Rural North India: Social Capital and New Political Entrepreneurs

8. Conclusion

Appendix A: Methodology

Appendix B: Details of 60 Villages in Rajasthan

Appendix C: Map of Village Balesariya

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231500821

0231500823

OCLC:

52123393