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Depoliticizing development : the World Bank and social capital / John Harriss.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Leftword Books, 2001.Description: 145 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 8187496169
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 309.2 HAR P01D
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements vi -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- The 'Missing Link' and the 'Anti-Politics Machine' 1 -- 2. WHERE THE 'MISSING LINK' CAME FROM -- (or, how a Harvard professor became a celebrity) 15 -- 3. THE FRAGILITY OF THE FOUNDATIONS -- (or, why the Harvard professor's idea is so misleading) 30 -- 4. 'ANTI-POLITICS' IN AMERICA -- The Debate About Social Capital and -- Civil Society in the United States -- (or, another Harvard professor enters the fray) 45 -- 5. SOCIAL CAPITAL AND 'SYNERGY ACROSS -- THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE DIVIDE' -- (or, a California professor comes to the rescue?) 62 -- 6. THE TROJAN HORSE? -- Social Capital in the World Bank 76 -- 7. PUTTING SOCIAL CAPITAL TO WORK -- What Happened to the Trojan Horse 98 -- 8. CONCLUSION -- The Case for Political Action 113 -- References 126 -- Index 133.
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Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements vi -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- The 'Missing Link' and the 'Anti-Politics Machine' 1 -- 2. WHERE THE 'MISSING LINK' CAME FROM -- (or, how a Harvard professor became a celebrity) 15 -- 3. THE FRAGILITY OF THE FOUNDATIONS -- (or, why the Harvard professor's idea is so misleading) 30 -- 4. 'ANTI-POLITICS' IN AMERICA -- The Debate About Social Capital and -- Civil Society in the United States -- (or, another Harvard professor enters the fray) 45 -- 5. SOCIAL CAPITAL AND 'SYNERGY ACROSS -- THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE DIVIDE' -- (or, a California professor comes to the rescue?) 62 -- 6. THE TROJAN HORSE? -- Social Capital in the World Bank 76 -- 7. PUTTING SOCIAL CAPITAL TO WORK -- What Happened to the Trojan Horse 98 -- 8. CONCLUSION -- The Case for Political Action 113 -- References 126 -- Index 133.

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