| Depoliticizing Development: The World Bank and Social Capital First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Harriss, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 184331049X ISBN-13: 9781843310495 Publisher: Anthem Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2002 Annotation: The idea of social capital, meaning, most simply put, "social connections" was unheard of outside a small circle of sociologists until very recently. Now it is proclaimed by the World Bank to be the "missing link" in international development and it has become the subject of a flurry of books and research papers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Business & Economics | Development - General |
| Dewey: 363 |
| LCCN: 2002725592 |
| Series: Anthem World Economics |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.24" W x 9.24" (0.61 lbs) 158 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Depoliticizing Development, John Harriss explores the origins of the idea of social capital and its diverse meanings in the work of James Coleman, Pierre Bourdieu and, more specifically, Robert Putnam, who is most responsible for the extraordinary rise of the idea of social capital through his work on Italy and the United States. Harriss asks why this notion should have taken off in the dramatic way that it has done and finds in its uses by the World Bank the attempt, systematically, to obscure class relations and power. Social capital has thus come to play a significant part in the discourses of international development, which go toward comprising 'the anti-politics machine'. This powerful and lucid critique will be of immense value to all those interested in development studies, including sociologists, economists, planners, NGOs and other activists. |