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Author Fine, Ben.

Title Theories of social capital : researchers behaving badly / Ben Fine.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 271 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome.
Description text file
Series Political economy and development
Political economy and development.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-259) and index.
Contents Introduction -- From rational choice to McDonaldisation -- The short history of social capital -- The BBI syndrome -- Social capital versus social history -- Social capital is dead : long live whatever comes next -- Management studies goes to McDonald's -- Degradation without limit -- W(h)ither social capital?
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Summary "Fine forcibly demonstrates how social capital has expanded across the social sciences only by degrading the different disciplines and topics that it touches: a McDonaldization of social theory. The rise and fall of social capital at the World Bank is critically explained as is social capital's growing presence in disciplines, such as management studies, and its relative absence in others, such as social history. Writing with a sharp critical edge, Fine not only deconstructs the roller-coaster presence of social capital across the social sciences but also draws out lessons on how (and how not) to do research."--Pub. desc
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Language English.
Subject Social capital (Sociology) -- Economic aspects.
Social capital (Sociology)
Economics -- Philosophy.
Economics -- Philosophy.
Economic development -- Social aspects.
Economic development -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
In: Academic Library
Other Form: Print version: Fine, Ben. Theories of social capital. London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York ; Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 9780745329970 (OCoLC)430839561
ISBN 9781849644426 (electronic book)
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