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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 127-143 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Critique |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2006 |
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The maladies of social capital I : the missing 'capital' in theories of social capital. / Law, Alex; Mooney, Gerry.
In: Critique, Vol. 34, No. 2, 08.2006, p. 127-143.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - The maladies of social capital I
T2 - the missing 'capital' in theories of social capital
AU - Law, Alex
AU - Mooney, Gerry
PY - 2006/8
Y1 - 2006/8
N2 - Social capital is a concept that is widely celebrated by the governing institutions of neo-liberal capitalism. Under the veneer of making social relations central to public discourse social capital obscures the extent to which social life is being made to submit to capital accumulation. First, we describe the hegemony of social capital as a veritable panacea for social de-composition from the political left in the work of Pierre Bourdieu to the middling conservatism of US thinkers such as Coleman and Putnam. In contrast, the original Marxist notion of social capital leads us to argue for abandoning the orthodox conception of social capital.
AB - Social capital is a concept that is widely celebrated by the governing institutions of neo-liberal capitalism. Under the veneer of making social relations central to public discourse social capital obscures the extent to which social life is being made to submit to capital accumulation. First, we describe the hegemony of social capital as a veritable panacea for social de-composition from the political left in the work of Pierre Bourdieu to the middling conservatism of US thinkers such as Coleman and Putnam. In contrast, the original Marxist notion of social capital leads us to argue for abandoning the orthodox conception of social capital.
U2 - 10.1080/03017600600743241
DO - 10.1080/03017600600743241
M3 - Article
VL - 34
SP - 127
EP - 143
JO - Critique
JF - Critique
SN - 0301-7605
IS - 2
ER -