Год выпуска: 2004 Автор: Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard Svendsen Издательство: Страниц: 224 ISBN: 1843766167
Описание
Is social capital the `missing link' in economics? In this vital new book, the authors argue that the `forgotten' production factor of social capital is as crucial in economic decision-making as the other more traditional factors of production such as physical, financial and human capital. They attempt to bridge the gap between theory and reality by examining the main factors that determine entrepreneurship, co-operative movements and the creation and destruction of social capital. To address the question of how social capital is created and destroyed, the authors develop an interdisciplinary approach combining political science, economics, anthropology, sociology and history. They show how bridging social capital enforces personal contact and acts as a lubricator for human co-operation, whereas bonding social capital enforces distance between people, increasing mistrust and, consequently, transaction costs. They demonstrate how entrepreneurship can facilitate voluntary collective...
