Rescuing Social Capital from Social Democracy

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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This book examines the complex relationships between social capital, markets and democracy. It argues that participation in markets positively enriches and enhances the stock of social capital, while, conversely, democratic politics may undermine it by facilitating divisive rent-seeking by special interest groups.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2007-11-23
Mått130 x 200 x 6 mm
Vikt175 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor118
FörlagInstitute of Economic Affairs
ISBN9780255365925

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Introduction; Defining social capital; Social capital, social democracy and the critique of liberal markets; Classical liberalism, markets and the spontaneous generation of bridging social capital; Markets and the mix between bonding and bridging social capital; Social capital, social democracy and the case for the enabling state; Social capital and democracy; Social capital and the provision of collective goods; Social capital and policy success; Strategies for building social capital; Social capital and the enabling state: an Austrian perspective; Markets and the Austrian critique of democratic planning; Social capital and the enabling state: an Austrian critique of 'cultural planning'; Social capital and the enabling state: a public choice perspective; Public choice theory and the limits of participatory democracy; Social capital and the enabling state: public choice and the corruption of civil society; Conclusions.