Social Capital and Economic Development

Well-being in Developing Countries

Edited by Jonathan Isham, Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College, Thomas Kelly, formerly Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College and Sunder Ramaswamy, Frederick C. Dirks Professor of International Economics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, US

在这本书的章节探索挑战and opportunities raised by this concept for researchers, practitioners and teachers. Social Capital and Economic Development is based upon a consistent, policy-based vision of how social capital affects well-being in developing countries.

‘. . . this book enables one to form a well-informed opinion or critique about the concept of social capital. . . it serves its purpose eminently well.’
– Journal of Social and Economic Development

‘This book presents a fine selection of papers about social capital. . . Personally, I enjoyed reading the book from the start. The different chapters present an interesting mixture of contributions written by researchers with mostly an economic background trying to cope with an analytical concept that originates from sociology. This is a great intellectual challenge. But the different examples show that the authors manage to deal with this challenge, and it is a road worthwhile to be taken. . . I really recommend this book to development economists as well as sociologists.’
– Lutz Laschewski, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

‘The book is carefully edited and thoughtfully arranged. . .’
– Robert Tripp, Development Policy Review

‘This book would well serve an introductory course on development economics, to ensure that students do not lose sight of the value of families, friendships, culture, civic society, and social virtues for the well-being of peoples. Often, such things get left out because the do not fit into the working model. The essays in this volume seek to make room in the model.’
– Raymond J. de Souza, Markets & Morality