New Books and Upcoming Conferences on Social Capital

From Fabio Sabatini of Social Capital Gateway:

Dear All,
this is to let you know about some interesting news on social capital and related topics.

New conferences

- International Conference Social Capital and Financial Inclusion. The conference will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 9th November 2007. Please follow the link for further details:

http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org/eng-edinburgh2007.html

- International Conference on Comparative Development. The conference will be held in New Delhi, India, on 18-19 December 2007. The deadline for paper submission is 30 September 2007. Please follow the link for further details:

http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org/eng-newdelhi2007.html

New books

- Nan Lin and Bonnie Erickson (eds), Social Capital. An International Research Program, Oxford University Press. Please follow the link for further details and to purchase the book with 20% discount:

http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org/eng-news.htm#lin

- Mike Osborne, Kate Sankey and Bruce Wilson (eds), Social Capital, Lifelong Learning and the Management of Place: An International Perspective, Routledge:

http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org/eng-news.htm#pascalbook

- Sofia Correia, Social Capital and Civic Community, the virtuous circle of citizenship. Applying the Putnam model to Caselas residents. The book is in Portoguese and the original title is: Capital Social e Comunidade Cívica, o círculo virtuoso da cidadania. Aplicação do Modelo de Putnam aos residentes do Bairro de Caselas:

http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org/eng-news.htm#correia