POLI 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Capital, Human Capital, Primordialism
17 May 2018
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Competing Theories of Development
Do state power and state configuration determine development outcome?
Are development outcomes better understood as the result of centuries of colonial exploitation
and a global imbalance?
• Is it structuralist?
• Predetermined?
Dependency Theorists: Would argue for the second. A power imbalance.
Civil Society
Civic organizations that are separate from the state.
This iludes NGO’s, uios, studet’s assoiatios, religious groups, et.
Is it possible for these organizations to remain truly separate from politics?
• Citizen organization outside of the control of the state
• “aller groups, do’t iterat ith the goeret eessaril
• As they become more influential – is it possible to be separate?
• Often, well established organizations will become a target for political recruitment.
o Politicians competing for favour
• To understand civil society, it must be understood in relation to the state
• People organizing at the associational level
o The associational level magnifies people’s idiidual oies
Many scholars have regarded civil society as being crucial to ensuring civil liberties and holding
the government accountable.
• A force for democracy
• A counter-weight to the state
• Voices can be heard
Social Capital
Bonds that hold society together
Derives from associations and groups within civil society
These groups do not have to be political
They benefit the population by increasing trust between people
Social trust, shared values, coordination, cooperation, bonds among the population
As distinct from: physical capital, human capital
• Facilitates shared values
• It is difficult to measure
• How do you measure a bond of trust?
• Corruption – would you pay a bribe?
• Tends to focus on developed countries
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Document Summary
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