Social capital
Subtitle: critical perspectives on community and "Bowling alone"
By: edited by Scott L. McLean, David A. Schultz, and Manfred B. Steger
Contributors: McLean, Scott L; Schultz, David A. 1958-; Steger, Manfred B., 1961-
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Putnam, Robert D.; Social capital (Sociology) -- United States; Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Scott L. McLean, David A. Schultz, Manfred B. Steger; title: Tocquevillean traditions and the study of civil society. The strange disappearance of Alexis de Tocqueville in Putnam's "Analysis of social capital" / Amy Fried. Equality, democracy, and community from Tocqueville to Putnam / John Ehrenberg. The phenomenology of democracy : Putnam, pluralism, and voluntary associations / David A. Schultz. Post-liberal civil society and the worlds of neo-Tocquevillean social theory / Michael J. Shapiro; title: Historical perspectives on social capital. Liberty, equality, and; title: social capital? / Stephen Samuel Smith and Jessica Kulynych. Patriotism, generational change, and the politics of sacrifice / Scott L. McLean. Social capital : the politics of race and gender / R. Claire Snyder. Social capital as political fantasy / Carl Boggs; title: Social engagement in practice : local, national, and global contexts. Social capital, civic engagement, and the importance of context / Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh. Building social capital on the street : leadership in communities / Lane Crothers. Social rights or social capital? : the labor movement and the language of capital / Michael Forman; title: Robert Putnam, social capital, and a suspect named globalization / Manfred B. Steger. Afterword / Scott L. McLean