Depoliticizing Development - Paperbackby John Harriss (Author) The idea of social capital meaning, most simply put, 'social connections' was unheard of outside a small circle of sociologists until very recently. Now it is proclaimed by the World Bank to be 'the missing link' in international development, and it has become the subject of a flurry of books and research papers, including some, recently, on India. This book explores the origins of the idea of social capital, and its diverse