Social Capital and Economic Development

This immensely readable book by Patrick Francois provides an original insightinto the increasingly fashionable topic that is social capital. In a uniqueoriginal... » 

This immensely readable book by Patrick Francois provides an original insightinto the increasingly fashionable topic that is social capital. In a uniqueoriginal study the author emphasises trustworthiness as a vital feature ofsocial capital and argues that standard economic treatments of this phenomenonare inadequate. The books richer evolutionary treatment of this is embedded ina neoclassical model and will prove to be essential reading for economicdevelopment scholars as well as those interested in development studies andeconomic thought in general. «