Social capital in developing democracies : Nicaragua and Argentina compared /

"Drawing on extensive field work in Nicaragua and Argentina, as well as public opinion and elite data, Leslie E. Anderson's Social Capital in Developing Democracies explores the contribution of social capital to the process of democratization and the limits of that contribution. Anderson f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Anderson, Leslie (Leslie E.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Social capital (Sociology) > Argentina > History > 20th century. Social capital (Sociology) > Nicaragua > History > 20th century. Argentina > Politics and government > 20th century. Nicaragua > Politics and government > 20th century. Democracy > Argentina > History > 20th century. Democracy > Nicaragua > History > 20th century.
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Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; Part I. Creating Social Capital: People I Have Known: The Human Face of Popular Politics: 2. Creating 'we': Sandinismo and bridging social capital; 3. Creating 'us' and 'them': Peronism and bonding social capital; Part II. An Empirical Examination of the Argument: 4. A tale of two neighborhoods: social capital in Nicaragua and Argentina; 5. Political capital in Nicaragua and Argentina: political activism and political values; 6. Political capital in Nicaragua and Argentina: democratic institutions and procedures; Part III. Making Democracy Work Without Social Capital: Institutional Capital: 7. If you build it they will come; 8. Conclusion.