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

Krishna, Anirudh, 1958-

Active social capital : tracing the roots of development and democracy / Anirudh Krishna. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2002. - xii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-246) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction: Can Social Capital Help Support Development and Democracy? 1 --2 How Might Social Capital Matter? 14 --3 Structure and Agency: New Political Entrepreneurs and the Rise of Village-Based Collective Action 32 --4 Measuring Social Capital 55 --5 Understanding Economic Development: Why Do Some Villages Develop Faster than Others? 85 --6 Examining Community Harmony: Why Are Some Villages Peaceful and Others Not? 115 --7 Democratic Participation in Rural North India: Social Capital and New Political Entrepreneurs 141 --8 Conclusion 163.

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