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Social capital and development studies II: Can Bourdieu travel to policy?

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The author explores the possibility of working with the concept of social capital within more general analytical approaches grounded in notions of cultural and political economy like sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. He notes that Bourdieu's take on social capital has been recognized as offering promising ways forward by various scholars of development. He mentions the suggestion of Bourdieu that one must understand agents' habitus, a set of assumptions, habits, taken-for-granted ideas and ways of being that are the vehicles through which agents engage with, understand and move on through the world.

Publication Title

Progress in Development Studies

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Volume

7

Issue

2

First Page

155

Last Page

162

ISSN

1464-9934

DOI

10.1177/146499340600700205

Keywords

social capital, sociology, social influence, power, habitus, Pierre Bourdieu

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