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How does social capital grow? A seven-year study of villages in India

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Krishna, A
Published in: Journal of Politics
November 1, 2007

Social capital has been shown to be important for strengthening democracy and promoting development, but relatively little is known about how social capital grows, especially over the short to medium term. To help identify the nature and sources of growth in social capital, I constructed a panel data set for 61 villages in India, including repeat interviews (in 1997 and 2004) with more than 1,700 respondents. Considerable changes in social capital have occurred over this seven-year period. Factors such as faith in government institutions, relative modernization, relative need, and social stratification do not help explain these changes. Organizations promoted by outsiders have also not helped. Social capital is socially generated through the internal efforts of community groups. Villagers' self-initiated organizations and local leadership have helped grow social capital, along with locally formulated rules and lower economic inequality in the initial period. © 2007 Southern Political Science Association.

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Journal of Politics

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1468-2508

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0022-3816

Publication Date

November 1, 2007

Volume

69

Issue

4

Start / End Page

941 / 956

Related Subject Headings

  • Political Science & Public Administration
  • 4408 Political science
  • 1606 Political Science
 

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Krishna, A. (2007). How does social capital grow? A seven-year study of villages in India. Journal of Politics, 69(4), 941–956. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00600.x
Krishna, A. “How does social capital grow? A seven-year study of villages in India.” Journal of Politics 69, no. 4 (November 1, 2007): 941–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00600.x.
Krishna A. How does social capital grow? A seven-year study of villages in India. Journal of Politics. 2007 Nov 1;69(4):941–56.
Krishna, A. “How does social capital grow? A seven-year study of villages in India.” Journal of Politics, vol. 69, no. 4, Nov. 2007, pp. 941–56. Scopus, doi:10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00600.x.
Krishna A. How does social capital grow? A seven-year study of villages in India. Journal of Politics. 2007 Nov 1;69(4):941–956.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Politics

DOI

EISSN

1468-2508

ISSN

0022-3816

Publication Date

November 1, 2007

Volume

69

Issue

4

Start / End Page

941 / 956

Related Subject Headings

  • Political Science & Public Administration
  • 4408 Political science
  • 1606 Political Science