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Title: Knowledge and Social Capital: Foundations and Applications by Eric Lesser ISBN: 0-7506-7222-6 Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Hodgepodge of conflicting positions
Comment: I read articles on this book for those are assigned in a graduate class. But far from the title implies, The class has no relationship with knowledge economy which is the buzzword in the business community. But this book was used to make us to be familiar with the concept of ¡®social capital.¡¯ Indeed this book tells less about knowledge but much more about social capital. Part I of this book contains introductory articles on the conception of the social capital and Part II lists real world application of the concept. 5 Articles of Part I voices cacophony, however. Reading through the articles only gives confusion to us. Nonetheless, it¡¯s inevitable and intentional for there is no consensus about the very basic conception. So editor deliberately put those conflicting perspectives in one volume. In turn, this way of editing reveals the fact that this book is not suitable to beginners. If you are already known to the word, social capital, reading through competing perspective doesn¡¯t baffle your nerves. But if you haven¡¯t heard the word at all, this book should not be recommended. Overall, the quality of articles is good enough. Indeed those are well-known ones. But if you want to see what the word, social capital at all, this is not your choice. If so, I recommend Nan Lin¡¯s ¡®Social Capital: A Theory of Social Structure and Action¡¯. This book does not only overview the various conflicting positions comprehensively, but also systematically define the concept from the network approach. In fact, Nan Lin is a eminent figure in the social network theory.
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Title: Social Capital: Critical Perspectives by Stephen Baron, John Field, Tom Schuller ISBN: 0199243670 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Social Capital: Theory and Research (Sociology and Economics (Paper)) by Nan Lin, Karen S. Cook, Ronald S. Burt ISBN: 0202306445 Publisher: Aldine de Gruyter Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: Social Capital : A Theory of Social Structure and Action by Nan Lin ISBN: 052152167X Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Patterns of Social Capital : Stability and Change in Historical Perspective by Robert I. Rotberg ISBN: 0521785758 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 27 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Social Network Analysis : Methods and Applications by Stanley Wasserman, Katherine Faust, Dawn Iacobucci ISBN: 0521387078 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 25 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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