Social Capital - Reaching Out, Reaching In (Hardcover)

Social capital has taken the social sciences by storm yet remains fraught with controversy. Despite its complexity and conceptual difficulties, the persistent interest in social capital arises from the fact that it helps us make sense of why people do what they do. This book showcases new innovative research in economics, politics, sociology, and management regarding the topic. Leading scholars from a variety of disciplines present ground-breaking new research exploring the still-undiscovered value of social capital. The book employs a self-consciously multi-disciplinary approach to address two objectives: reaching out and reaching in. Through theoretical and empirical scholarship, the authors explore the many contexts in which the phenomenon can have impact. In effect, social capital research reaches out to issues of economic well-being, civic participation, educational achievement, knowledge and norm formation, and competitive advantage. Further, the authors investigate the many connections between the core themes of social capital and the pillars on which it rests, including structural networks, cognition, relationships and trust. This book is fundamentally about bridging - bridging across disciplines, units of analysis, and themes. Scholars, students, and other interested readers from the social sciences and management will find this book challenging and illuminating.

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2009
Editors:	Viva Ona Bartkus • James H. Davis
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-1-84720-072-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour
LSN:	1-84720-072-9
Barcode:	9781847200723

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