ABSTRACT
The idea of Social Capital is an attempt to incorporate social considerations into mainstream economic thinking. Its proponents feel that social factors are properly quantifiable. So, they use the compex algebra and statistics beloved of mainstream economic theory and measure 'units' of health care or education in the same way that they would machinery or transport.
Ben Fine's main argument in this book is that such concers cannot be judged in terms of mathematical methods and that to try t odo so is overly simplistic.
Fine assesses the impact of Social Impact across the social sciences and shows how economic analysis is being subsumed into these areas and how thinking in sociology and politics impacts upon economics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |21 pages
Part I
chapter 1|19 pages
Introduction and overview
part |105 pages
Part II
chapter 2|15 pages
The enigma and fluidity of capital 1
chapter 3|13 pages
Bringing the social back in 1
chapter 4|12 pages
Bourdieu's social capital: from distinction to extinction 1
chapter 5|17 pages
Bringing rational choice back in
chapter 6|15 pages
Making the benchmark work for social theory
chapter 7|31 pages
The expanding universe of social capital
part |58 pages
Part III
chapter 8|24 pages
Making the post-Washington consensus 1
chapter 9|20 pages
World banking on social capital
chapter 10|12 pages
Measuring social capital—how long is a missing link?
part |14 pages
Part IV