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Economics of Social Relations: Critical Perspectives on Social Capital book cover

1st Edition

Economics of Social Relations Critical Perspectives on Social Capital

By Atilano Pena-López, Matías Membiela-Pollán Copyright 2025
262 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Starting from the idea that economic relations are social relations, and every economic fact is first a social fact, this book explores one of the crucial problems within economic science: how to embody the social dimension into the study of economic reality from a critical perspective. This book opens with an examination of the concept of social capital, incorporating all the approaches from... Read more

Introduction: The Dissatisfactions Of Economics

Part I: The Interrelationship Between Economy And Society

1. Bringing The Social Into The Economy

2. Social Capital: The Controversial Trajectory Of A Concept

Part II : Two Conflicting Approaches

3. Complex Consensus: The Micro, The Meso And The Macro

4. What Is Behind Macro-Social Capital?

5. Personal Networks As Capital: Individual Social Capital

Part III : Constructing From Individual Social Capital

6. Inequality, Homophily And Individual Social Capital

7. Is There A Negative Social Capital? Social Capital And Corruption

8: Well-Being And Relational Goods. The Intrinsic Value Of Social Relations

 Bibliography

 

Biography

Atilano Pena-López (Celeiro‑Lugo, 1968) is Professor of Economic Policy at the Universidade da Coruña, has a PhD in Economics, and is Member of ECOBAS and OSIM research groups.

Matías Membiela‑Pollan (A Coruña, 1981) is Associate Professor of Marketing and Market Research at the Universidade da Coruña (Spain), has a PhD in Economics and Business Administration, with a thesis on Social Capital and Relational Goods, and is Member of the research groups OSIM and iMARKA.

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