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IJE Advance Access originally published online on February 28, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(2):480-481; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi014
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association

Letters to the Editor

Social Capital. Response

Vicente Navarro

The Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205–2179, USA. E-mail: vnavarro@jhsph.edu

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In their reply1 to my criticism2 of their original article,3 Simon Szreter and Michael Woolcock (SS–MW) indicated that it was not their intention to argue in favour of the concept of social capital as an alternative to state action and neither was it their objective (wittingly or unwittingly) to push forward the concept of social capital as a way of enhancing competitiveness, capitalism, and imperialism. As a matter of fact, they write, to use the term ‘Capital’ does not mean that one is in favour of capital. And as proof of that, they mentioned that Marx used the term ‘Capital’ without implying a commitment to capitalism.

I find that clarification enormously disingenuous. They now claim that they do not support the concept of social capital . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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