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31. Creation and Returns of Social Capital

    Edited by Henk Flap, Beate Völker

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    The idea of a social capital research program has become increasingly significant within the social sciences. This collection of essays contributes to a theoretical integration as well as standardization of measurement instruments and co-ordination of empirical research on the significance of...

    Published November 19th 2003 by Routledge
32. Social Capital

    By John Field

    Series: Key Ideas

    The term 'social capital' is a way of conceptualizing the intangible resources of community, shared values and trust upon which we draw in daily life. It has achieved considerable currency in the social sciences through the very different work of Bourdieu in France, and James Coleman and Robert...

    Published July 23rd 2003 by Routledge
33. The Social and Political Thought of Noam Chomsky

    By Alison Edgley

    The Social and Political Thought of Noam Chomsky questions Chomsky's claim not to have a theory about the relationship between human beings and their society other than that which 'can be written on the back of postage stamp'. Edgley compares Chomsky's vision of the good society with liberal...

    Published April 17th 2002 by Routledge
34. The Age of Chance

    Gambling in Western Culture

    By Gerda Reith

    Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

    This fascinating and extensive study, enlivened by interviews with British and American gamblers, will be enthralling reading not just for those interested in the cultural and social implications of gambling - researchers in sociology, cultural studies and the history of ideas - but for anyone...

    Published January 16th 2002 by Routledge
35. Critical Realism and Marxism

    Edited by Andrew Brown, Steve Fleetwood, John Michael Roberts

    Series: Critical Realism: Interventions

    This book examines the relationship between critical realism and Marxism. The authors argue that critical realism and Marxism have much to gain from each other. This is the first book to address the controversial debates between critical realism and Marxism, and it does so from a wide range if...

    Published October 3rd 2001 by Routledge