Active social capital : tracing the roots of development and democracy - Krishna, Anirudh, 1958- (New York : Columbia University Press, 2002)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-246) and index.
Donated by Akbar Ali khan
Keywords: Social capital (Sociology); Economic development -- Social aspects; Economics