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Patterns of Social Capital: Stability and Change in Historical Perspective
Hardback
Main Details
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Patterns of Social Capital: Stability and Change in Historical Perspective
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Robert I. Rotberg
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| Series | Studies in Interdisciplinary History |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:408 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 238,Width 162 |
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| Category/Genre | World history |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521780865
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| Classifications | Dewey:361.709 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
15 Tables, unspecified; 8 Halftones, unspecified; 8 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
27 November 2000 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Societies work best where citizens trust their fellow citizens, work cooperatively for common goals, and thus share a civic culture. The accumulation of reciprocal trust, as demonstrated by voluntary efforts to create common goods, builds social capital and contributes to effective government. This volume advances the study of social capital across chronological and geographical space. It examines voluntary associations, comparatively and cross-culturally, as indicators of citizen readiness for civic engagement. This book is ultimately about the pattern of social and civic interactions in past times, and how these patterns may no longer exist.
Reviews'... these contributions are well researched, high-quality studies of the patterns of social capital in differently times and places ...'. Progress in Human Geography
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