The Handbook of Social Capital

Informationen zum Autor Dario Castiglione is Reader in Political Theory at the University of Exeter. His main research interests are in the history of political thought, theories of democracy and civil society, and European constitutionalism.Jan W. van Deth is Professor of Political Science and International Comparative Social Research at the University of Mannheim (Germany). He was Director of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) and is a Corresponding Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was convenor of the international network Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy (CID) of the European Science Foundation and is national coordinator of the German team for the European Social Survey.Guglielmo Wolleb is Professor of Economics at the University of Parma (Italy). He teaches Microeconomics and European Regional Policies, and is Director of the Master in 'Manager of development and cohesion policies,' and President of the Post- Graduate Course 'Local development and international cooperation'. His current research focuses on local development policies in Italy and Europe. Klappentext The study of social capital is one of the most exciting recent developments in the social sciences. Written by some of the main experts in the field this Handbook is an authoritative, critical, and innovative introduction to the study of social capital. Zusammenfassung The study of social capital is one of the most exciting recent developments in the social sciences. Written by some of the main experts in the field this Handbook is an authoritative, critical, and innovative introduction to the study of social capital.

Product details

• Authors: Castiglione Et Al, Dario Castiglione, Dario (EDT)/ Deth Castiglione
• Assisted by: Dario Castiglione (Editor), Castiglione Dario (Editor), Jan W. Van Deth (Editor), Jan W. van Deth (Editor), Guglielmo Wolleb (Editor), Wolleb Guglielmo (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2008
• EAN: 9780199271238
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927123-8
• No. of pages: 722
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 44 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Soziologie, Politikwissenschaft, Sociology, Business & Economics / General, Economics, finance, business & management, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Political science & theory, Sociology & anthropology, Political science and theory, Sociology and anthropology, Economics, finance, business and management