Active Social Capital
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Active Social Capital

Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy

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eBook - ePub
Available until 27 Jan |Learn more

Active Social Capital

Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. CoverĀ 
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. ContentsĀ 
  7. Preface
  8. 1. Introduction: Can Social Capital Help Support Development and Democracy?
  9. 2. How Might Social Capital Matter?
  10. 3. Structure and Agency: New Political Entrepreneurs and the Rise of Village-Based Collective Action
  11. 4. Measuring Social Capital
  12. 5. Understanding Economic Development: Why Do Some Villages Develop Faster than Others?
  13. 6. Examining Community Harmony: Why Are Some Villages Peaceful and Others Not?
  14. 7. Democratic Participation in Rural North India: Social Capital and New Political Entrepreneurs
  15. 8. Conclusion
  16. Appendices
  17. Notes
  18. References
  19. Index