Social Capital: Reaching Out, Reaching in - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847200729 ISBN 13 : 9781847200723

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Social capital has taken the social sciences by storm yet remains fraught with controversy. Despite its complexity and conceptual difficulties, the persistent interest in social capital arises from the fact that it helps us make sense of why people do what they do.

This book showcases new innovative research in economics, politics, sociology, and management regarding the topic. Leading scholars from a variety of disciplines present ground-breaking new research exploring the still-undiscovered value of social capital. The book employs a self-consciously multi-disciplinary approach to address two objectives: reaching out and reaching in. Through theoretical and empirical scholarship, the authors explore the many contexts in which the phenomenon can have impact. In effect, social capital research reaches out to issues of economic well-being, civic participation, educational achievement, knowledge and norm formation, and competitive advantage. Further, the authors investigate the many connections between the core themes of social capital and the pillars on which it rests, including structural networks, cognition, relationships and trust. This book is fundamentally about bridging - bridging across disciplines, units of analysis, and themes.

Scholars, students, and other interested readers from the social sciences and management will find this book challenging and illuminating.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edited by Viva Ona Bartkus, Associate Professor of Management, University of Notre Dame, and James H. Davis, Utah State University, US

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847200729
• ISBN 13: 9781847200723
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Bartkus Viva Ona, Davis James H.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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