Titolo Il capitale sociale nel capitalismo che cambia Periodico Stato e mercato Anno: 2002 - Fascicolo: 65 - Pagina iniziale: 271 - Pagina finale: 303
Social capital continuous to be an intriguing, but volatile concept. In this article it is intended - in a broad sense - as the potential of cooperative interaction which derives from a specific fabric of formal and informal social organization. The concept is then tested in three research fields: new economy and production networks, political economy and regulation mechanisms, social consequences of new economy and globalization. Finally, it is related to Coleman's idea of rational reconstruction of society.