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Ben FIne traces the origins of social capital through the work of Becker, Bourdieu and Coleman and reviews the literature across the social sciences. This book is topical and uniquely critical of social capital.

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Initially, Social Capital was used to reveal how family affects schooling; in the past decade, it has come to explain why nations, communities and individuals are rich or poor in every respect. No area of socio-economic analysis and policy has been left untouched by what the World Bank describes as the missing link to development, from Russia and the Third World, to the ghettoes of North America. Ben Fine traces the origins of social capital through the work of Becker, Bourdieu and Coleman, and comprehensively reviews the literature across the social sciences. Social Capital versus Social Theory is uniquely critical of social capital, explaining how it avoids a proper confrontation with political economy and, as a result of its origins and evolution, has become chaotic.The following major themes are addressed: * the shifting relationship between economics and other social sciences as economics forces itself upon neighbouring disciplines * how shcolarly integrity is being prejudiced by the concepts of "publish or perish" and punditry * how social capital purports to steer a delicate course between neo-liberalism and statism, whilst in fact neglecting political economy, power and conflict * how a genuine interdisciplinary across the social sciences requires a place for political economy together with, rather than a retreat into, cultural and social theory. This highly topical text will be of great interest to advanced students, researchers and academics, as well as professionals involved in public policy.

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Traces the origins of social capital through the work of Becker, Bourdieu and Coleman and comprehensively reviews the literature across the social sciences. The text is uniquely critical of social capital, explaining how it avoids a proper confrontation with political economy and has become chaotic. This highly topical text addresses some major themes, including the shifting relationship between economics and other social sciences, the 'publish or perish' concept currently burdening scholarly integrity, and how a social science interdisciplinarity requires a place for political economy together with cultural and social theory.

Author Biography

Ben Fine is Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Jomo K. S. is Director of Economic Development, Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DESA), United Nations.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Overview 2. The Enigma and Fluidity of Capital 3. Bringing the Social Back In 4. Bourdieu's Social Capital: from distinction to extinction 5. Bringing Rational Choice Back In 6. Making the Benchmark Work for Social Theory 7. The Expanding Universe of Social Capital 8. Making the Post-Washington Consensus 9. World Banking on Social Capital 10. Measuring Social Capital: How long is a missing link 11. Social Capital Versus Political Economy

Details ISBN0415241790 Author Ben Fine Short Title SOCIAL CAPITAL VERSUS SOCIAL T Language English ISBN-10 0415241790 ISBN-13 9780415241793 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 306.3 Illustrations Yes Year 2000 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Pages 304 Residence US DOI 10.1604/9780415241793 UK Release Date 2000-10-19 AU Release Date 2000-10-19 NZ Release Date 2000-10-19 Subtitle Political economy and social science at the turn of the millennium Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy Publication Date 2000-10-19 Alternative 9780415241809 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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