Interrogating social capital : the Indian experience /

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Imprint:New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2004.
Description:1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11205896
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Other authors / contributors:Bhattacharyya, Dwaipayan, 1964-
ISBN:9788132103349
8132103343
0761932860
8178294125
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Recent years have seen the concept of social capital gain increasing currency, besides courting controversy, both in academic social science writing and in the development discourse of multilateral donor agencies. It has been viewed as an explanation for both the flourishing of democracy and economic development, and therefore as the potential key to successful development practices in the developing world. Presenting varied experiences of the interaction between social capital and the democratic functioning of a variety of institutions in India, the essays in this volume subject the notion of.
Other form:Print version: Interrogating social capital. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2004 9780761932864