Nigel's (Learner-Generated Contexts Research Group ) blog post above brings forward quite a few critical thinkings regarding what I'm seeing as our current- blind wave to social capital.
Defining ideas for me include the specific role of managerialism in the redefinition of public- as a perfectly contradictory state, the redefinition of value as a managerial device, that the contemporary managerial turn on social capital fundamentalises it into an overly simplistic line item or hoop, and that public involvement is more than just investment (or social investment by that matter)- it is about social relationships, copresencing, experiential desire and everyday satisfaction.
I'd like to read more about this in a less assertive fashion, especially when it comes to discussing leadership and action ("you've gotta crack some eggs"), or similarly, how Cameron's UK Big Society sits in a global/local complex. I figure that the switch we are feeling uneasy about is that the redefinition of value means ideological barriers of global-local (or other tropes) might too need redefinition lest they are simply old tools. ??