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In Depoliticizing Development, John Harriss explores the origins of the idea of social capital and its diverse meanings in the work of James Coleman, Pierre Bourdieu and, more specifically, Robert Putnam, who is most responsible for the extraordinary rise of the idea of social capital through his work on Italy and the United States. 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. Social capital has thus come to play a significant part in the discourses of international development, which go toward comprising żthe anti-politics machineż. This powerful and lucid critique will be of immense value to all those interested in development studies, including sociologists, economists, planners, NGOs and other activists.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Depoliticizing Development
• Subtitle: The World Bank and Social Capital
• Author: John Harriss
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 158
• EAN: 9781843310488
• ISBN: 1843310481
• ID: 04853905
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Weight: 454 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 155 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. July 2002

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