Social Capital and Rural Development in the Knowledge Society

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Hans Westlund, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Edward Elgar Publishing, 1. jan. 2013 - 352 strani
'This amazingly surprising book takes the popular topic of social capital and provocatively examines the contemporary rural development issue. New social capital driven thinking and insights are applied globally from a conceptual frame and locally wi

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1 Social capital and sustainable urbanrural relationships in the global knowledge society
1
PART I Needs and problems of building social capital
19
structures and functions
21
towards a taxonomy of institutionalised social capital
50
towards a general theory
75
PART II Analyses of effects of social capital
111
5 Does social capital contribute to regional economic growth? Swedish experiences
113
6 Changes in social capital and community functions in depopulated areas from case studies of 12 communities in the Sanin district
127
8 Social capital and economic growth in Chinas provinces
182
PART III Problems of local development and rural policies
199
Aboriginal communities in Canada
201
10 What can local policies do? An activity theory analysis of municipal support to local innovations
227
collective action for rural communities in Sweden
247
what can be learned for health promotion?
273
the roles of voluntary associationmediated public service
299
Index
333

between tradition and social engineering
156

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