Social Capital:A Multifaceted Perspective
   The volume is edited by Partha Dasgupta and Ismail Serageldin. Contributors include James Coleman—whose essay helped establish social capital as an organizing concept in the social sciences—as well as Robert Putnam, Robert M. Solow, and Joseph E. Stiglitz. This book will be of interest to anyone seeking a better understanding of social capital and its impact on development efforts.
    This book provides an account of the current understanding of social capital. It covers both theoretical and empirical studies, and the concept is debated throughout. Also included in this volume is the classic 1987 article by the late James Coleman, Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital, which formed the basis for the development of social capital as an organizing concept in the social sciences. The volume is divided into areas that cover the analytical foundations and institutional and statistical analyses of social capital
   CONTENT
  1. Observations on social capital / Kenneth J. Arrow
  2.Notes on social capital and economic performance / Robert M. Solow
3.Social capital in the creation of human capital / James S. Coleman
4.Defining social capital : an integrating view / Ismail Serageldin and Christiaan Grootaert
5.Formal and informal institutions / Joseph E. Stiglitz
6.Creating and harnessing social capital / Anirudh Krishna
7.The formation of social capital / Jonathan H. Turner
8.Getting things done in an antimodern society : social capital networks in Russia / Richard Rose
9.Social capital : a fad or a fundamental concept? / Elinor Ostrom -- Understanding social capital : learning from the 10.analysis and experience of participation / Norman Uphoff
11.Economic growth and social capital in Italy / John F. Helliwell and Robert D. Putnam
12.Social capital : evidence and implications / Deepa Narayan and Lant Pritchett
13.Social capital, the state, and development outcomes / Ajay Chhibber
14.Trust in large organizations / Rafael La Porta ... [et al.]
15.Economic progress and the idea of social capital / Partha Dasgupta.