Social Capital - Critical Perspectives on Community and Bowling Alone

This collection tackles the theme of isolation and the breakdown of mediating social institutions. It is, in part, a response to Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone as well as an attempt to create a broader idea of civil society.

Summary

This collection tackles the theme of isolation and the breakdown of mediating social institutions. It is, in part, a response to Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone as well as an attempt to create a broader idea of civil society.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Brown
• Assisted by: Scott McLean (Editor), Scott L McLean (Editor), Scott L. Mclean (Editor), David Schultz (Editor), David A Schultz (Editor), David A. Schultz (Editor), Manfred B Steger (Editor), Manfred B. Steger (Editor)
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2002
• EAN: 9780814798140
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-9814-0
• No. of pages: 295
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 233 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories