Interrogating Social Capital: The Indian Experience

by Sudha Pai (Editor), Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya (Editor), Niraja Gopal Jayal (Editor)

Critically examining the concept of social capital in the Indian context, this volume uses three types of case studies. These micro-studies in rural India; sectoral studies in the areas of joint forest management, environment and education; and macro-studies of human development indicators that have a dimension of social capital. Overall, the book demonstrates that civil society in India is mediated by unequal relationships of hierarchy, power and domination, and moreover, it is a society undergoing rapid changes. It therefore highlights the limitations of deploying a theoretical construct in such circumstances.

335 pages, Hardcover

First published November 8, 2004