Theories of social capital : researchers behaving badly

Theories of social capital researchers behaving badly

Tracing the evolution of social capital since his highly acclaimed contribution of 2001 (Social Capital Versus Social Theory), Ben Fine consolidates his position as the world's leading critic of the concept. Fine forcibly demonstrates how social capital has expanded across the social sciences o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fine, Ben (-)
Autor Corporativo: International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : New York : Pluto Press ; Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan 2010.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Political economy and development.
Materias:
Social capital (Sociology)
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422298706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. From Rational Choice to McDonaldisation
  • 2.1 Introdution
  • 2.2 Pegging a Survey
  • 2.3 Social Capital as McDonaldisation
  • 2.4 The McDonaldisation Menu
  • 2.5 Concluding Remarks
  • 3. The Short History of Social Capital
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 'Twixt Becker and Bourdieu
  • 3.3 Departing Neo-Liberalism?
  • 3.4 Social Capital as Ploughman's Lunch
  • 3.5 Concluding Remarks
  • 4. The BBI Syndrome
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Social Capital as Black Hole
  • 4.3 BBI Gender on the Dark Side
  • 4.4 Social Capital in Context - Or Vice Versa
  • 4.5 BBBI by Way of Concluding Remarks
  • 5. Social Capital versus Social History
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 The Historical Dog that Did Not Bark
  • 5.3 From Social Capital to History
  • 5.4 The Present as History
  • 5.5 There Is No Alternative
  • 6. Social Capital is Dead: Long Live Whatever Comes Next
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Social Capital's Irresistable Rise
  • 6.3 ... and Fall
  • 6.4 Strategic Weaknesses are Tactical Strengths
  • 6.5 Deconstructing the Buzz
  • 6.6 GBS, Hegel and Abraham Lincoln
  • 7. Management Studies Goes to McDonald's
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 'Twixt Heterodoxy and Parasitism
  • 7.3 It Ain't Critical
  • 7.4 … And It Ain't Marxist
  • 7.5 Concluding Remarks
  • 8. Degradation without Limit
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Putnamenology
  • 8.3 The Dismal (Social) Science
  • 8.4 In Social Capital We Trust
  • 8.5 Concluding Remarks
  • 9. W(h)ither Social Capital?
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Flavouring But Not Favouring Social Capital
  • 9.3 Measure for Measure
  • 9.4 Social Capital as Policy?
  • 9.5 The Last Word - Again
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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