Social Capital as a Policy Resource Reprinted from POLICY SCIENCES, 33:3-4, 2001 edition

Marc Notes: Bibl. ref. & index; Reprinted from Policy sciences, vol. 33, nos. 3 and 4--2000. Table of Contents: Foreword. Social capital as a policy resource; J. D. Montgomery. Measuring social capital and its consequences; A. Inkeles. Both glue and lubricant: Transnational ethnic social capital as a source of Asia-Pacific subregionalism; Xiangming Chen. Social capital in the Japanese youth labor market: Labor market policy, schools, and norms; M. C. Brinton. Social capital and labor politics in Japan: Cooperation or cooptation? J. P. Broadbent. Social capital and power: Entrepreneurial elite and the state in contemporary China; Zhou Yongming. Trade unions and social capital in transitional communist states: The case of China; W. Taylor. Faith as social capital: Religion and community development in Southern Asia; C. Candland. Native social capital: The case of Hawaiian sovereignty and Ka Lahui Hawaii; Haunani-Kay Trask. Indigenous knowledge as intellectual property; C. H. Norchi. The World Bank and social capital: Lessons from ten rural development projects in the Philippines and Mexico; J. Fox, J. Gershman. Social capital in microfinance: Case studies in the Philippines; B. R. Quinones Jr., H. D. Seibel. Peasant federations and rural development policies in the Andes; T. F. Carroll, A. J. Bebbington. Social capital formation: The role of NGO rural development programs in Bangladesh; A. H. Mondal. Beyond community and society: The externalities of social capital building; J. M. Heffron. About the authors. Index. Review Quotes: Few terms can match social capital's achievement of facilitating dialogue across sectors, regions, and disciplines. While maintaining a critical sensibility, these essays showcase the versatility, rigor, and usefulness of social capital scholarship at its best.' Michael Woolcock - World Bank How may the connectedness among human beings help to advance important collective goals? This comprehensive book examines the sources of social capital in ethnic, religious, residential, occupational and other affinities. More importantly, it assesses how social capital influences such diverse endeavors as transnational entrepreneurship, the performance of high school students, the workings of labor markets and the efficacy of labor and peasant unions, and the outcomes of World Bank projects, among other topics. The book's reach across East Asia and beyond, and its focus on empirical case research, makes it a splendid fountain of comparative information and analysis on one of the key scholarly and practical topics of our time.' Jorge Dominguez - Harvard University Rarely is a collection as timely or as useful. Anyone concerned with setting policy will find extraordinarily interesting this insightful treatment of a subject which is giving many of us considerable trouble. Here are enough new ideas to spark a dozen doctoral theses and a gross of journal articles.' Paul Rich - Professor of International Relations and History University of the Americas, Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University This important collection of papers examines how social capital has been used to advance social policies - or alternatively, how social capital has complicated the implementation of social policies &endash; in nations on both sides of the Pacific. The cases range from India's Andaman Islands and Russia in Asia to the Andes, and prominently include China, Japan, and Southeast Asia along the way. They are based on first-hand field research in the areas, and serve as the platform for important synthesizing articles by the editors. This book extends our understanding of the increasingly important concept of social capital, and is a contribution to theory as well as to our knowledge of policy processes in the nations of the Pacific.' Nathan Glazer - Professor of Sociology and Education, Emeritus, Harvard University Montgomery and Inkeles compile a unique and comprehensive overview of the uses of social capital as a policy resource. The remarkable breadth of studies of social capital in Pacific Basin countries and of its manifestations in ethnic groups, labor unions, entrepreneurial ventures, educational institutions, micro-finance organizations, rural federations, NGOs, and religious groups provide new perspectives on its crucial roles in economic, social, and political development. The editors and authors of this fascinating collection of studies offer convincing arguments that social capital may, indeed, be the real wealth of nations. Students of the social sciences and the policy sciences alike will benefit from the encyclopedic coverage of how social capital contributes to public policy and human dignity around the world. The volume can give policymakers new insights into ways of building social capital and enhancing its use for social progress and will provide scholars a strong foundation for research on social capital for years to come.' Dennis A. Rondinelli - Glaxo Distinguished International Professor of Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillPublisher Marketing: In 1997 the National Institute of Mental Health assembled a working group of international experts to address the mental health consequences of torture and related violence and trauma; report on the status of scientific knowledge; and include research recommendations with implications for treatment, services, and policy development. This book, dedicated to those who experience the horrors of torture and those who work to end it, is based on that report.

Contributor Bio:  Montgomery MWH is a global leader in providing knowledge-driven services. With more than $1 billion in revenue, its 6,500 specialists in more than thirty-six countries provide premier solutions to municipalities, government agencies, multinational companies, industrial concerns, and military organizations worldwide. From Boston to Beijing, Melbourne to Mexico City, clients rely on MWH to optimize their operations' overall performances, forecast future needs, address regulatory concerns, satisfy diverse stakeholders, manage complex programs, and achieve maximum benefits from capital investments. Contributor Bio:  Montgomery, John D John D. Montgomery, director of the Pacific Basin Research Center of Soka University of America, is also Ford Foundation Professor of International Studies, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He is the author of Forced to Be Free, The Artificial Revolution in Germany and Japan, The Politics of Foreign Aid: American Experience in Southeast Asia, and Aftermath: Tarnished Outcomes of American Foreign Policy. Contributor Bio:  Inkeles, Alex Alex Inkeles (1920-2010) was professor of sociology at Stanford University, and a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. He was the editor of On Measuring Democracy and author of Exploring Individual Modernity, Becoming Modern, and What Is Sociology?