Active Social Capital: Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy (Hardcover)

1. Introduction: Can Social Capital Help Support Development and Democracy?
2. How Might Social Capital Matter?
3. Structure and Agency: New Political Entrepreneurs and the Rise of Village-Based Collective Action
4. Measuring Social Capital
5. Understanding Economic Development: Why Do Some Villages Develop Faster than Others?
6. Examining Community Harmony: Why Are Some Villages Peaceful and Others Not?
7. Democratic Participation in Rural North India: Social Capital and New Political Entrepreneurs
8. Conclusion
Appendices