Understanding, measuring and utilizing social capital: Clarifying concepts and presenting a field application from India

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-305

  Krishna, Anirudh ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Development; India; Social capital; South Asia

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 7044224976     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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