For 'Habermas and social capital'

From a book edited by Putnam on social capital, I want to borrow a rhetorical device used by Skocpol. 'The argument in this chapter is sufficiently novel so I provide the contour of the argument clearly in advance'.

Use Anna's response to the ideas in a footnote as an anecdotal evidence of the plausibility of them. Her hesitation I interpret as a recognition of the plausibility of the ideas. If Marquez can draw from observations and conversations in her extended family as fodders for his novels, I can certainly draw from conversations with colleagues as well.