128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
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The term ‘social capital’ is a way of defining the intangible resources of community, shared values and trust upon which we draw in daily life. It has achieved considerable international currency across the social sciences through the very different work of Pierre Bourdieu in France and James Coleman and Robert Putnam in the United States, and has been widely taken up within politics and... Read more
1. The Genesis of a Concept
2.The Power of Connections
3. Walk on the Dark Side
4. Is the Internet Killing Social Capital?
5. Social Capital in Policy and Practice
6. Conclusion
Biography
John Field is Professor Emeritus in the Institute of Education, University of Stirling. He has published widely on socio-economic aspects of lifelong learning, including previous specialist studies of social capital and adult learning. He is Honorary Professor of Continuing Education at the University of Warwick and Gastprofessor at the University of Cologne.
