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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade Review"Social Capital is an important crtique that should stimulate further analysis and dicussion of what constitutes community." -- New Political Science "The reader emerges with a good sense of the gaps in Putnam's work- or more appropriately in the context of this book, the way in which the 'feelgood' factor of Putnam's work deserves critical analysis." --Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
Table of ContentsI Tocquevillean Traditions and the Study of Civil Society 1 The Strange Disappearance of Alexis de Tocqueville in Putnam's Analysis of Social Capital 2 Equality, Democracy, and Community from Tocqueville to Putnam 3 The Phenomenology of Democracy: Putnam, Pluralism, and Voluntary Associations 4 Post-Liberal Civil Society and the Worlds of Neo-Tocquevillean Social Theory II Historical Perspectives on Social Capital 5 Liberty, Equality, and ... Social Capital? 6 Patriotism, Generational Change, and the Politics of Sacrifice 7 Social Capital: The Politics of Race and Gender 8 Social Capital as Political Fantasy III Social Engagement in Practice: Local, National, and Global Contexts 9 Social Capital, Civic Engagement, and the Importance of Context 10 Building Social Capital on the Street: Leadership in Communities 11 Social Rights or Social Capital? The Labor Movement and the Language of Capital 12 Robert Putnam, Social Capital, and a Suspect Named Globalization
