The maladies of social capital I: The missing 'capital' in theories of social capital

Critique

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-143

  Law, Alex ^a   Mooney, Gerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Istvan M sz ros; Karl Marx; Neo liberalism; Pierre Bourdieu; Robert Putnam; Social capital; Social de composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849128589     PISSN: 00111600     EISSN: 03017605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03017600600743241     Document Type: Article

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