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Interrogating social capital : the Indian experience

Bhattacharyya, Dwaipayan, 1964- (Added Author).

Summary: Recent years have seen the concept of social capital gain increasing currency, besides courting controversy, both in academic social science writing and in the development discourse of multilateral donor agencies. It has been viewed as an explanation for both the flourishing of democracy and economic development, and therefore as the potential key to successful development practices in the developing world. Presenting varied experiences of the interaction between social capital and the democratic functioning of a variety of institutions in India, the essays in this volume subject the notion of.

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ISBN: 8178294125
ISBN: 0761932860
ISBN: 8132103343
ISBN: 9788132103349
Physical Description: 1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2004.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Social capital, panchayats, and grassroots democracy / Sudha Pai -- Democracy and social capital in the central Himalaya / Niraja Gopal Jayal -- Social connectedness and the fragility of social capital / Bishnu N. Mohapatra -- Is civil society the answer? / Susanne Hoeber Rudolph -- Civic community and its margins / Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya -- Classes for the masses? / Manabi Majumdar -- Devolution, joint forest management, and the transformation of "social capital" / Nandini Sundar -- Making democracy perform / Peter Mayer -- "Putnam in India" : is social capital a meaningful and measurable concept at the Indian state level? / Renata Serra -- Social network and protest movements / Ashok Swain.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.