Asimina Christoforou is Adjunct Professor, at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece.John B. Davis is Professor of Economics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA and Professor of Economics, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

‘This timely volume, which pulls together cutting-edge knowledge from diverse fields and multiple countries, brings new life to the very important notion of social capital – a critical resource that communities and groups can utilize strategically for mutually beneficial collective action. The authors admirably demonstrate how social capital can help serve a wide variety of shared objectives in diverse circumstances, provided that it is rigorously defined, carefully contextualized, and appropriately combined with other resources. Policy practitioners and academic researchers as well as graduate and undergraduate students will find this volume a very useful resource.’ — Anirudh Krishna, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Duke University, USA‘Christoforou, Davis and their collaborators give us a welcomed and timely volume that engages important, but under-investigated facets of social capital theory. The interdisciplinary, contextually defined, and decidedly social approach woven throughout this well-edited collection reorients social capital theorizing in important and analytically useful ways. By tying social capital accumulation and utilization to the interaction of power relations, social identities, and values within historically-specific contexts the contributors offer a refreshing alternative to overly economistic and structural-functionalist approaches. Social Capital and Economics helps all of us better understand how durable inequalities and enduring social conflicts influence who has social capital and what difference that makes.’ — Bob Edwards, Professor of Sociology, East Carolina University, USA

• Part 1: Introduction Social Capital: Social Values, Power, and Social Identity Part 2: Old problems, new questions Part 3: Alternative theoretical frameworks Part 4: Social segregation and social capital Part 5: The third sphere and the social economy

Asimina Christoforou is Adjunct Professor, at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece.John B. Davis is Professor of Economics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA and Professor of Economics, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

‘This timely volume, which pulls together cutting-edge knowledge from diverse fields and multiple countries, brings new life to the very important notion of social capital – a critical resource that communities and groups can utilize strategically for mutually beneficial collective action. The authors admirably demonstrate how social capital can help serve a wide variety of shared objectives in diverse circumstances, provided that it is rigorously defined, carefully contextualized, and appropriately combined with other resources. Policy practitioners and academic researchers as well as graduate and undergraduate students will find this volume a very useful resource.’ — Anirudh Krishna, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Duke University, USA‘Christoforou, Davis and their collaborators give us a welcomed and timely volume that engages important, but under-investigated facets of social capital theory. The interdisciplinary, contextually defined, and decidedly social approach woven throughout this well-edited collection reorients social capital theorizing in important and analytically useful ways. By tying social capital accumulation and utilization to the interaction of power relations, social identities, and values within historically-specific contexts the contributors offer a refreshing alternative to overly economistic and structural-functionalist approaches. Social Capital and Economics helps all of us better understand how durable inequalities and enduring social conflicts influence who has social capital and what difference that makes.’ — Bob Edwards, Professor of Sociology, East Carolina University, USA

• Part 1: Introduction Social Capital: Social Values, Power, and Social Identity Part 2: Old problems, new questions Part 3: Alternative theoretical frameworks Part 4: Social segregation and social capital Part 5: The third sphere and the social economy

Asimina Christoforou is Adjunct Professor, at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece.John B. Davis is Professor of Economics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA and Professor of Economics, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

‘This timely volume, which pulls together cutting-edge knowledge from diverse fields and multiple countries, brings new life to the very important notion of social capital – a critical resource that communities and groups can utilize strategically for mutually beneficial collective action. The authors admirably demonstrate how social capital can help serve a wide variety of shared objectives in diverse circumstances, provided that it is rigorously defined, carefully contextualized, and appropriately combined with other resources. Policy practitioners and academic researchers as well as graduate and undergraduate students will find this volume a very useful resource.’ — Anirudh Krishna, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Duke University, USA‘Christoforou, Davis and their collaborators give us a welcomed and timely volume that engages important, but under-investigated facets of social capital theory. The interdisciplinary, contextually defined, and decidedly social approach woven throughout this well-edited collection reorients social capital theorizing in important and analytically useful ways. By tying social capital accumulation and utilization to the interaction of power relations, social identities, and values within historically-specific contexts the contributors offer a refreshing alternative to overly economistic and structural-functionalist approaches. Social Capital and Economics helps all of us better understand how durable inequalities and enduring social conflicts influence who has social capital and what difference that makes.’ — Bob Edwards, Professor of Sociology, East Carolina University, USA

• Part 1: Introduction Social Capital: Social Values, Power, and Social Identity Part 2: Old problems, new questions Part 3: Alternative theoretical frameworks Part 4: Social segregation and social capital Part 5: The third sphere and the social economy