Krishna, Anirudh

Active Social Capital - Tracing the Roots of Development & Democracy

Preface ix Introduction: Can Social Capital Help Support Development and Democracy? 1(13) How Might Social Capital Matter? 14(18) Structure and Agency: New Political Entrepreneurs and the Rise of Village-Based Collective Action 32(23) Measuring Social Capital 55(30) Understanding Economic Development: Why Do Some Villages Develop Faster than Others? 85(30) Examining Community Harmony: Why Are Some Villages Peaceful and Others Not? 115(26) Democratic Participation in Rural North India: Social Capital and New Political Entrepreneurs 141(22) Conclusion 163(34) Appendices A Methodology 187(4) B Village Details 191(4) C Sample Village Map 195(2) Notes 197(34) References 231(16) Index 247