{"product_id":"depoliticizing-development-the-world-bank-and-social-capital-9781843310495","title":"Depoliticizing Development: The World Bank and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe idea of social capital – meaning, most simply put, 'social connections' – was unheard of outside a small circle of sociologists until very recently. Now, it is proclaimed by the World Bank to be the 'missing link' in international development and has become the subject of a flurry of books and research papers. Harriss asks why this notion should have taken off in the dramatic way that it has done and finds in its uses by the World Bank the attempt, systematically, to obscure class relations and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements; Introduction; Where the 'Missing Link' Came From; The Fragility of the Foundations; 'Anti-Politics' in America; Social Capital and 'Synergy Across the Public-Private Divide'; The Trojan Horse?; Putting Social Capital to Work; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthem Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042935767383,"sku":"9781843310495","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781843310495.jpg?v=1750956301","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/depoliticizing-development-the-world-bank-and-social-capital-9781843310495","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}