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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452597803321

Autore

Krishna Anirudh

Titolo

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

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

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781635703321

Autore

Khanna Nikki <1974->

Titolo

Biracial in America [[electronic resource] ] : forming and performing racial identity / / Nikki Khanna

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-283-25541-3

9786613255419

0-7391-4576-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

Racially mixed people - Race identity - United States

Racially mixed people - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; A Note on Terminology; Chapter 01. Questions of Identity; Chapter 02. Black and White in America; Chapter 03. "From the Outside Looking In"; Chapter 04. "Blacks Accept Me More Easily Than Whites"; Chapter 05. "I'm Not Like Them at All"; Chapter 06. "I Was Like Superman and Clark Kent"; Chapter 07. Concluding Thoughts; Appendix A: Interview Schedule; Appendix B: Profile of the Research Sample; Appendix C: Further Reading; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Elected in 2008, Barack Obama made history as the first African American president of the United States. Though recognized as the son of a white Kansas-born mother and a black Kenyan father, the media and public have nonetheless pigeonholed him as black, and he too



self-identifies as such. Obama's experience as an American with black and white ancestry, though compelling because of his celebrity, is not unique and raises several questions about the growing number of black-white biracial Americans today: How are they perceived by others with regard to race? How do they tend to