Active Social Capital [[electronic resource] ] : Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452597803321
• Autore: Krishna Anirudh
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Columbia University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 302; 306.3
• Soggetti: Economic development; Economic development -- Social aspects; Social aspects; Social capital (Sociology); Sociology & Social History; Social Sciences; Social Change; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Can Social Capital Help Support Development and Democracy?; 2. How Might Social Capital Matter?; 3. Structre and Agency: New Political Entrepreneurs and the Rise of Village-Based Collective Action; 4. Measuring Social Capital; 5. Understanding Economic Development: Why Do Some Villages Develop Faster than Others?; 6. Examining Community Harmony: Why Are Some Villages Peaceful and Others Not?; 7. Democratic Participation in Rural North India: Social Capital and New Political Entrepreneurs; 8. Conclusion; APPENDICES; A: Methodology; B: Details of 60 Villages in RajasthanC: Map of Village Balesariya; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 69 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