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
Subject:	Social capital (Sociology) -- India -- Case studies. Civil society -- India -- Case studies. Civil society. Social capital (Sociology) Social conditions. India -- Social conditions -- 1947- -- Case studies. India. Electronic books. Electronic books -- Case studies. Case studies.
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. Print version record.
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

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Social Capital, Panchayats and Grass Roots Democracy
The Politics of Dalit Assertion in Two Districts of Uttar Pradesh
Democracy and Social Capital in the Central Himalayas
a Tale of Two Villages
Social Connectedness and the Fragility of Social Capital
a View from a Village in Orissa
Is Civil Society the Answer?
Civic Community and Its Margins
Schoolteachers in Rural West Bengal
Classes for the Masses? Social Capital, Social Distance and the Quality of the Government School System
Devolution, Joint Forest Management and the Transformation of `Social Capital'
Making Democracy Perform
Human Development and Civic Community in India
`Putman in India'
Is Social Capital a Meaningful and Measurable Concept at the Indian State Level?
Social Network and Protest Movements
The Case of Kerala

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