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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
David S Halpern |
ISBN: | 0745625479 9780745625478 0745625487 9780745625485 |
OCLC Number: | 441951809 |
Description: | XI, 388 str. : ilustr. ; 23 cm |
Contents: | * Preface * Chapter 1: Introduction: concepts, history and measurement * Chapter 2: Economic Performance * Chapter 3: Health and Well--Being * Chapter 4: Crime * Chapter 5: Education * Chapter 6: Government and the Effective State * Chapter 7: Trends in Social Capital * Chapter 8: Causes * Chapter 9: Policy Implications * Notes * Bibliography * Index |
Responsibility: | David Halpern. |
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"This is an excellent book. It is well--written in an informal and engaging style. It is very comprehensive in coverage, both in terms of large topics and in terms of the relevant literature. It is nuanced, balanced, and authoritative in tone. The micro--, meso--, macro--framework works very well indeed. This book will instantly become the best overall introduction so far to the rapidly increasing literature on social capital. I will surely use it in my own graduate and undergraduate teaching. This is a kind of book that I wish I had written myself." Robert Putnam, Harvard University; author of Bowling Alone Read more...

