Social capital: critical perspectives

The idea of social capital is increasingly prominent in international, national and local policy making and in the the social sciences. This book provides an overview of social capital together with critical discussion of its application in a wide variety of fields.

Social capital : a review and critique / Tom Schuller, Stephen Baron, and John Field -- Civil society and democratic renewal / Lindsay Paterson -- Social capital, the economy, and education in historical perspective / Simon Szreter -- Economics, social capital, and the colonization of the social sciences / Ben Fine and Francis Green -- Socializing social capital : identity, the transition to work, and economic development / Ralph Fevre -- Social capital, innovation, and competitiveness / Peter Maskell -- Are refugees social capitalists? / Peter Loizos -- Social capital trumping class and cultural capital? Engagement with school among immigrant youth / Jon Lauglo -- Social capital, schools, and exclusions / Pamela Munn -- Social capital and health : contextualizing health promotion within local community networks / Catherine Campbell -- Local social capital : making it work on the ground / Alex Macgillivray and Perry Walker -- Social capital and associational life / William A. Maloney, Graham Smith, and Gerry Stoker -- Human capital, social capital, and collective intelligence / Phillip Brown and Hugh Lauder -- Social capital and human capital revisited / John Field, Tom Schuller, and Stephen Baron