Active Social Capital: Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy

Anirudh Krishna

Published by Columbia University Press 2002

Active Social Capital

Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy

Anirudh Krishna

https://doi.org/10.7312/kris12570

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The idea of social capital allows scholars to assess the quality of relationships among people within a particular community and show how that quality affects the ability to achieve shared goals. With evidence collected from 69 villages in India, Krishna investigates what social capital is, how it operates in practice, and what results it can be expected to produce.

The idea of social capital allows scholars to assess the quality of relationships among people within a particular community and show how that quality affects the ability to achieve shared goals. With evidence collected from sixty-nine villages in India, Krishna investigates what social capital is, how it operates in practice, and what results it can be expected to produce.

Does social capital provide a viable means for advancing economic development, promoting ethnic peace, and strengthening democratic governance? The world is richer than ever before, but more than a fifth of its people are poor and miserable. Civil wars and ethnic strife continue to mar prospects for peace. Democracy is in place in most countries, but large numbers of citizens do not benefit from it. How can development, peace and democracy become more fruitful for the ordinary citizen? This book shows how social capital is a crucial dimension of any solution to these problems.

Author / Editor information

Anirudh Krishna is professor at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University

Reviews

Amita Shastri:
Active Social Capital: Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy is an outstanding piece of scholarship. It deftly and lucidly combines a discussion of the theoretical issues, newly gathered quantitative data, and qualitative case studies to detail the impact that active social capital has on the substantive outcomes attained in the economic, social, and political realms at the village level.

James Midgley:
Krishna makes commendable use of theory to frame his study and his contribution to testing social capital's key propositions is significant... Krishna's book translates the concept of social capital into a set of practical propositions that have direct relevance for those concerned with improving the welfare of communities... [and is] a helpful resource for those who want to know how to mobilize the strength, cooperative actions and capacities of communities today.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction: Can Social Capital Help Support Development and Democracy? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. How Might Social Capital Matter? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
3. Structure and Agency: New Political Entrepreneurs and the Rise of Village-Based Collective Action Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
4. Measuring Social Capital Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
5. Understanding Economic Development: Why Do Some Villages Develop Faster than Others? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
6. Examining Community Harmony: Why Are Some Villages Peaceful and Others Not? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
7. Democratic Participation in Rural North India: Social Capital and New Political Entrepreneurs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
8. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Appendix A: Methodology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Appendix B: Details of 60 Villages in Rajasthan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Appendix C: Map of Village Balesariya Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 192

eBook

Published: July 31, 2002
ISBN: 9780231500821