Edited by Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, Professor of Comparative Politics, Aarhus University and Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen, Professor of Rural Sociology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

'Given the current global economic crisis that has its root causes in the psychology of the marketplace every bit as much as any other factor, the Handbook of Social Capital is timely, insightful, informed, informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking reading. . . A compilation of impressive and extensive scholarship, the Handbook of Social Capital is strongly recommended for academic and professional library reference collections.'

• Contents:Preface1. The Troika of Sociology, Political Science and EconomicsGert Tinggaard Svendsen and Gunnar Lind Haase SvendsenPART I: WHY COOPERATION? CLASSICAL EXPLANATIONS2. The Meaning of Social Capital and its Link to Collective ActionElinor Ostrom and T.K. Ahn3. Cooperation: Evidence from ExperimentsAnders Poulsen4. Grid-Group AnalysisD. Douglas CaulkinsPART II: WHY COOPERATION? RECENT EXPLANATIONS5. Social Capital in the Brain?Michael Bang Petersen, Andreas Roepstorff and Søren Serritzlew6. HumourPeter Gundelach7. Religio-philosophical RootsRalph WeberPART III: CORRUPTION AND THE QUALITY OF INSTITUTIONS8. CorruptionEric M. Uslaner9. Social Capital: The Dark SidePeter Graeff10. Social Capital in East-Central EuropeNatalia LetkiPART IV: THE WELFARE STATE11. The StateFrancisco Herreros12. The Universal Welfare StateBo Rothstein13. The Nordic Welfare StateThora Margareta Bertilsson and Christian Hjorth-AndersenPART V: THE ROLE OF THE STATE14. Tax ComplianceLars P. Feld15. The EnvironmentKim Mannemar Sønderskov16. The Labour MarketFabio SabatiniPART VI: MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION17. Locational Choice, Ethnicity and AssimilationGil S. Epstein18. Making Integration WorkPeter NannestadPART VII: THE ECONOMY19. Economic InequalityHenrik Jordahl20. Economic GrowthChristian Bjørnskov21. The Macro Perspective on Generalized TrustMartin PaldamPART VIII: MEASUREMENT22. Mixed Methods AssessmentVeronica Nyhan Jones and Michael Woolcock23. The Sociability of Nations: International Comparisons in Bonding, Bridging and Linking Social CapitalRoger Patulny24. Building Social CapitalRobert Chase and Rikke Nørding ChristensenIndex

Edited by Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, Professor of Comparative Politics, Aarhus University and Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen, Professor of Rural Sociology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

'Given the current global economic crisis that has its root causes in the psychology of the marketplace every bit as much as any other factor, the Handbook of Social Capital is timely, insightful, informed, informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking reading. . . A compilation of impressive and extensive scholarship, the Handbook of Social Capital is strongly recommended for academic and professional library reference collections.'

• Contents:Preface1. The Troika of Sociology, Political Science and EconomicsGert Tinggaard Svendsen and Gunnar Lind Haase SvendsenPART I: WHY COOPERATION? CLASSICAL EXPLANATIONS2. The Meaning of Social Capital and its Link to Collective ActionElinor Ostrom and T.K. Ahn3. Cooperation: Evidence from ExperimentsAnders Poulsen4. Grid-Group AnalysisD. Douglas CaulkinsPART II: WHY COOPERATION? RECENT EXPLANATIONS5. Social Capital in the Brain?Michael Bang Petersen, Andreas Roepstorff and Søren Serritzlew6. HumourPeter Gundelach7. Religio-philosophical RootsRalph WeberPART III: CORRUPTION AND THE QUALITY OF INSTITUTIONS8. CorruptionEric M. Uslaner9. Social Capital: The Dark SidePeter Graeff10. Social Capital in East-Central EuropeNatalia LetkiPART IV: THE WELFARE STATE11. The StateFrancisco Herreros12. The Universal Welfare StateBo Rothstein13. The Nordic Welfare StateThora Margareta Bertilsson and Christian Hjorth-AndersenPART V: THE ROLE OF THE STATE14. Tax ComplianceLars P. Feld15. The EnvironmentKim Mannemar Sønderskov16. The Labour MarketFabio SabatiniPART VI: MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION17. Locational Choice, Ethnicity and AssimilationGil S. Epstein18. Making Integration WorkPeter NannestadPART VII: THE ECONOMY19. Economic InequalityHenrik Jordahl20. Economic GrowthChristian Bjørnskov21. The Macro Perspective on Generalized TrustMartin PaldamPART VIII: MEASUREMENT22. Mixed Methods AssessmentVeronica Nyhan Jones and Michael Woolcock23. The Sociability of Nations: International Comparisons in Bonding, Bridging and Linking Social CapitalRoger Patulny24. Building Social CapitalRobert Chase and Rikke Nørding ChristensenIndex