Theories of Social Capital by Ben Fine

Theories of Social Capital by Ben Fine

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 only by degrading the different disciplines and topics that it touches: a McDonaldisation of social theory. The rise and fall of social capital at the World Bank is critically explained as is social capital's growing presence in disciplines, such as management studies, and its relative absence in others, such as social history. Writing with a sharp critical edge, Fine not only deconstructs the roller-coaster presence of social capital across the social sciences but also draws out lessons on how (and how not) to do research.

'A must-read for all irritated and irritable thinkers in social science' -- Barbara Harriss-White, Oxford University

Ben Fine is Professor of Economics at SOAS, University of London. He is the author of the critical texts, Macroeconomics and Microeconomics (Pluto, 2016), co-author of Marx's 'Capital' (Pluto, 2016) and co-editor of Beyond the Developmental State (Pluto, 2013). He was awarded both the Deutscher and Myrdal Prizes in 2009.

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ISBN 13	9780745329963
ISBN 10	0745329969
Title	Theories of Social Capital
Author	Ben Fine
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pluto Press
Year published	2010-01-11
Number of pages	288
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