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Active Social Capital: Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy
Author(s): Anirudh Krishna (Author)
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- Publication Date: 15 Aug. 2002
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 266 pages
- ISBN-10: 0231125712
- ISBN-13: 9780231125710
Book Description
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 are poor and miserable. Civil wars and ethnic strife continue to mar prospects for peace. Democracy is in place in most countries, but large numbers of citizens do not benefit from it. How can development, peace and democracy become more fruitful for the ordinary citizen? This book shows how social capital is a crucial dimension of any solution to these problems.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Krishna makes commendable use of theory to frame his study and his contribution to testing social capital's key propositions is significant... Krishna's book translates the concept of social capital into a set of practical propositions that have direct relevance for those concerned with improving the welfare of communities... [and is] a helpful resource for those who want to know how to mobilize the strength, cooperative actions and capacities of communities today.--James Midgley "International Journal of Social Welfare"
