A01=Ben Fine
Author_Ben Fine
Category=JHBA
Category=KC
Civil Society
Common Language
consensus
Developmental State Literature
Downside Of Social Capital
East Asian NICs
economic sociology
economics
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exchange
Extended Utility Function
imperfections
individualism
Information Theoretic Approach
interdisciplinary social science
literature
mainstream
Mainstream Neoclassical Economics
market
mathematical modelling in social sciences
measurement of social factors
methodological
Methodological Individualism
Nuclear Disarmament
political economy analysis
post-washington
post-Washington Consensus
quantification in economics
rational choice critique
Social Capital
Social Capital Enterprise
Social Capital Literature
Social Capital Theory
Social Exchange Literature
Social Exchange Theory
Social Reproduction
Timeless
Vice Versa
Violate
Voting Paradox
Washington Consensus
World Bank's Social Capital
World Bank’s Social Capital
World Development Report
Product details
- ISBN 9780415241793
- Weight: 589g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 Oct 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The idea of Social Capital is an attempt to incorporate social considerations into mainstream economic thinking. Its proponents feel that social factors are properly quantifiable. So, they use the compex algebra and statistics beloved of mainstream economic theory and measure 'units' of health care or education in the same way that they would machinery or transport.
Ben Fine's main argument in this book is that such concers cannot be judged in terms of mathematical methods and that to try t odo so is overly simplistic.
Fine assesses the impact of Social Impact across the social sciences and shows how economic analysis is being subsumed into these areas and how thinking in sociology and politics impacts upon economics.
