Reviews for Le capital social à l'oeuvre

The average rating for Le capital social à l'oeuvre based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-04-01 00:00:00 William Madden Interesting but dated. Published in 2002, doesn't mention hipsters, doesn't mention facebook. It also makes the point that social capital is a rather fuzzy and broad-brush concept. There can be bad social capital (ku klux klan, mafia, tribes). There can be exclusionary social capital (skull and bones club). There can be bridging social capital (big brothers & big sisters of Australia). As such, any changes in the social capital of a country are not necessarily automatically good or bad, helpful or not. Still, I am a sociology neophyte so I find it fun to read this stuff and there are still practical good ideas hidden in the pages that I might be able to put into practice.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-06-28 00:00:00 Bytrust Bytrust I found a number of the essays completely engrossing... the two on the US, Japan, Australia, and Sweden. The UK was interesting, but I didn't have a lot of interest in France, Germany, and Spain. I think the problem was that some of the writing wasn't as strong. Spain is actually a fascinating case study on bridging vs. bonding social capital, but I had difficulty getting through the article. Overall, you have to really be into social capital to like this book, but I would recommend it as a follow up to Bowling Alone and Better Together.