Can We Trust Social Capital?

Joel Sobel ()

Journal of Economic Literature, 2002, vol. 40, issue 1, 139-154

Abstract: This essay looks at the literature on social capital from the perspective of game theory. It reviews Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam and Social Capital: A Multifaceted Approach edited by Partha Dasgupta and Ismail Serageldin.

Date: 2002
Note: DOI: 10.1257/0022051027001
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