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Depoliticizing development: The World Bank and social capital
- J. Harriss
- Sociology
- 2001
Explores the origins of the idea of social capital and its diverse meanings in the work of James Coleman Pierre Bourdieu and of Robert Putman - who is responsible more than any other, through his… Expand
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Reinventing India: Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and Popular Democracy
- S. Corbridge, J. Harriss
- Sociology
- 2000
When India was invented as a "modern" country in the years after Independence in 1947 it styled itself as a secular, federal, democratic Republic committed to an ideology of development. Nehru's… Expand
The Case for Cross-Disciplinary Approaches in International Development
- J. Harriss
- Sociology
- 1 March 2002
Abstract As “a system of rules” for the construction of knowledge, and training in these rules, “discipline” is productive. But discipline is also constraining and may be repressive, so that good… Expand
MIDDLE-CLASS ACTIVISM AND THE POLITICS OF THE INFORMAL WORKING CLASS
- J. Harriss
- Sociology
- 1 December 2006
ABSTRACT This article, drawing on the results of both survey research and of ethnography in Delhi, Bangalore, and Chennai, concerns the relationships between the middle class and the informal working… Expand
The great tradition globalizes : reflections on two studies of ‘The Industrial Leaders’ of Madras
- J. Harriss
- Sociology
- 1 May 2003
The title of the paper alludes to Milton Singer's book When A Great Tradition Modernizes: an anthropological approach to Indian civilization, and particularly to Part IV of the book. This has the… Expand
A Hybrid or a Third Way? Contemporary Thinking on Interorganizational Relationships
- T. Hewitt, D. Robinson, T. Hewitt, J. Harriss
- Sociology
- 2000
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Managing development : understanding inter-organizational relationships
- D. Robinson, T. Hewitt, J. Harriss
- Sociology
- 2000
PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONS Why Inter-Organizational Relationships Matter - Dorcas Robinson, Tom Hewitt and John Hariss Understanding Organizations and Institutions - Teddy Brett A Hybrid or a Third Way?… Expand
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Institutions, Politics and Culture: A Case for 'Old' Institutionalism in the Study of Historical Change
- J. Harriss
- Political Science
- 2006
Institutions are, as Jeffrey Nugent explains (in his paper in this volume), humanly devised rules that affect behaviour, constraining certain actions, providing incentives for others, and thereby… Expand
Rural Development:: Theories of Peasant Economy and Agrarian Change
- J. Harriss
- Sociology
- 1 November 2017
arbiter among the competing elite groups and build state power in order to Jay the foundation for national cohesion and integration. Military itself, however, is affected by this process. One of his… Expand
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Political Participation, Representation and the Urban Poor
- J. Harriss
- Sociology
- 12 March 2005
In recent times, social scientists have noted the decline of state responsiveness to social claims. There appears an equal decline in the ability of existing structures of representation to provide… Expand
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