Social Capital In Development Planning

Author : Raffaella Y. Nanetti,Catalina Holguin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137478016

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Social Capital in Development Planning by Raffaella Y. Nanetti,Catalina Holguin Pdf

The pursuit of sustainable development and smart growth is a main challenge today in countries around the world. Social capital is an asset of their territorial communities. It is also a precondition for national and local policies that aim to better the economic base and quality of life for all. This change is socially diffused, economically sustainable over time, and smart in its content. A significant stock of social capital facilitates such results because it links into the process of development planning institutional decision makers and socioeconomic stakeholders who share trust, solidarity norms, and a community vision. In the last thirty years, social capital has become a forceful concept in the social sciences, the subject of many scholarly works and a topic of keen interest and debate in policy circles. Yet the main focus has been on defining and measuring social capital, with little attention given to its value in promoting development policies. Social Capital in Development Planning updates and advances the debate on social capital through the analysis of the application of the concept of social capital to programs for sustainable and smart socioeconomic development; empirical findings; and a new paradigm for development planning.

Author : Christiaan Grootaert,Thierry van Bastelaer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781139438025

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The Role of Social Capital in Development by Christiaan Grootaert,Thierry van Bastelaer Pdf

Previously the role of social capital - defined as the institutions and networks of relationships between people, and the associated norms and values - in programs of poverty alleviation and development has risen to considerable prominence. Although development practitioners have long suspected that social capital does affect the efficiency and quality of most development processes, this book provides the rigorous empirical results needed to confirm that impression and translate it into effective and informed policymaking. It is based on a large volume of collected data, relying equally on quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to establish approaches for measuring social capital and its impact. The book documents the pervasive role of social capital in accelerating poverty alleviation and rural development, facilitating the provision of goods and services, and easing political transition and recovery from civil conflicts.

Author : Christiaan Grootaert,Thierry van Bastelaer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521812917

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The Role of Social Capital in Development by Christiaan Grootaert,Thierry van Bastelaer Pdf

Previously the role of social capital - defined as the institutions and networks of relationships between people, and the associated norms and values - in programs of poverty alleviation and development has risen to considerable prominence. Although development practitioners have long suspected that social capital does affect the efficiency and quality of most development processes, this book provides the rigorous empirical results needed to confirm that impression and translate it into effective and informed policymaking. It is based on a large volume of collected data, relying equally on quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to establish approaches for measuring social capital and its impact. The book documents the pervasive role of social capital in accelerating poverty alleviation and rural development, facilitating the provision of goods and services, and easing political transition and recovery from civil conflicts.

Author : John M. Halstead,Steven C. Deller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317686040

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Social Capital at the Community Level by John M. Halstead,Steven C. Deller Pdf

In Social Capital at the Community Level, John Halstead and Steven Deller examine social capital formation beyond the individual level through a variety of disciplines: planning, economics, regional development, sociology, as well as non-traditional approaches like engineering and built environmental features. The notion of social capital in community and economic development has become a focus of intense interest for policy makers, practitioners, and academics. The notion is that communities with higher levels of social capital (networks, trust, and norms) will prosper both economically and socially. In a practical sense, how do communities use the notion of social capital to build policies and strategies to move their community forward? Are all forms of social capital the same and do all have a positive influence on the community? To help gain insights into these fundamental questions Social Capital at the Community Level takes a holistic, interdisciplinary or systems approach to thinking about the community. While those who study social capital will acknowledge the need for an interdisciplinary approach, most stay within their disciplinary silos. One could say there is strong bonding social capital within disciplines but little bridging social capital across disciplines. The contributors to Social Capital at the Community Level have made an attempt to build that bridging social capital. While disciplinary biases and research approaches are evident there is significant overlap about how people with different disciplinary perspectives think about social capital and how it can be applied at the community level. This can be from neighborhoods addressing a localized issue to a global response to a natural disaster. This book is an invaluable resource for scholars, researchers and policy makers of community and economic development, as well as rural sociologists and planners looking to understand the opaque process of social capital formation in communities.

Author : Elena Pisani,Giorgio Franceschetti,Laura Secco,Asimina Christoforou
Publisher : Springer
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319542775

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Social Capital and Local Development by Elena Pisani,Giorgio Franceschetti,Laura Secco,Asimina Christoforou Pdf

This book addresses the role of social capital in promoting rural and local development. The recent financial and economic crises have exposed the European Union (EU) to an increased risk of social exclusion and poverty, which are now at the heart of its economic, employment and social agenda with explicit reference to rural and marginal areas (Europe 2020). The authors' work from the notion that rural development is not imposed from the ‘outside’, but depends also on endogenous factors, namely local cultural and ecological amenities, eco-system services, and economic links with urban areas which expand rural opportunities for innovation, competitiveness, employment and sustainable development. Social capital is of paramount importance because it helps build networks and trusting relations among local stakeholders in the public and private spheres, and supporting the enhancement of governance of natural resources in rural areas

Author : Ross J. Gittell,Avis Vidal
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998-06-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0803957920

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Community Organizing by Ross J. Gittell,Avis Vidal Pdf

Providing new insight into an important community development challenge, this text looks at how to stimulate the formation of community-based organizations and effective citizen action in neighbourhoods.

Author : Hans Westlund,Johan P. Larsson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783476831

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Handbook of Social Capital and Regional Development by Hans Westlund,Johan P. Larsson Pdf

The role of social capital in regional development is a multifaceted topic which is studied all over the world using various methods and across numerous disciplines. It has long been evident that social capital is important for regional development, however, it is less clear how this works in practice. Do all types of social capital have the same effects and are different kinds of regions impacted in the same way? This book is the first to offer an overview of this rapidly expanding field of research and to thoroughly analyse the complex issue of social capital and regional development.

Author : Ross J. Gittell,Avis Vidal
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1998-06-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780803957923

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Community Organizing by Ross J. Gittell,Avis Vidal Pdf

Providing new insight into an important community development challenge, this text looks at how to stimulate the formation of community-based organizations and effective citizen action in neighbourhoods.

Author : Charlie Karlsson,Börje Johansson,Roger Stough
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781002841

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Entrepreneurship, Social Capital and Governance by Charlie Karlsson,Börje Johansson,Roger Stough Pdf

This book highlights the role of entrepreneurship, social capital and governance for regional economic development. In recent decades, many researchers have claimed that entrepreneurship is the most critical factor in sustaining regional economic growth. However, most entrepreneurship research is undertaken without considering the fundamental importance of the regional context. Other research has emphasized the role of social capital but there are substantial problems in empirically relating measures of social capital to regional economic development. The expert contributors to this work highlight the role of governance in regional growth, an area that has so far been relatively under-researched, underpinning their findings with new theoretical and empirical evidence. They conclude that the relationship between entrepreneurship, social capital and governance in factors affecting regional economic development are complex and interdependent, and that to influence these factors and the relationship between them, policymakers must have a long-term perspective and be both patient and persistent in their efforts. This enlightening book will be of great interest to academics, students and researchers across a range of fields including regional science, regional economics, economic geography, regional planning, public policy, entrepreneurship, political science and economic sociology. Policymakers involved in regional policymaking from national down to regional and local levels will also find the book to be an illuminating read.

Author : Md. Nazrul Islam
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Community development
ISBN : 817099988X

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Decentralisation, Transparency, Social Capital and Development by Md. Nazrul Islam Pdf

With reference to West Bengal, India.

Author : Clare Cooper Marcus,Wendy Sarkissian
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780520908796

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Housing As If People Mattered by Clare Cooper Marcus,Wendy Sarkissian Pdf

From the Introduction: Consider these two places: Walking into Green Acres, you immediately sense that you have entered an oasis-traffic noise left behind, negative urban distractions out of sight, children playing and running on the grass, adults puttering on plant-filled balconies. Signs of life and care for the environment abound. Innumerable social and physical clues communicate to visitors and residents alike a sense of home and neighborhood. This is a place that people are proud of, a place that children will remember in later years with nostalgia and affection, a place that just feels "good." Contrast this with Southside Village. Something does not feel quite right. It is hard to find your way about, to discern which are the fronts and which are the backs of the houses, to determine what is "inside" and what is "outside." Strangers cut across what might be a communal backyard. There are no signs of personalization around doors or on balconies. Few children are around; those who are outside ride their bikes in circles in the parking lot There are few signs of caring; litter, graffiti, and broken light fixtures indicate the opposite. There is no sense of place; it is somewhere to move away from, not somewhere to remember with pride. These are not real locations, but we have all seen places like them. The purpose of this book is to assist in the creation of more places like Green Acres and to aid in the rehabilitation of the many Southside Villages that scar our cities. This book is a collection of guidelines for the site design of low-rise, high-density family housing. It is intended as a reference tool, primarily for housing designers and planners, but also for developers, housing authorities, citizens' groups, and tenants' organizations-anyone involved in planning or rehabilitating housing. It provides guidelines for the layout of buildings, open spaces, community facilities, play areas, walkways, and the myriad components that make up a housing site.

Author : Hans Westlund,Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781782540601

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Social Capital and Rural Development in the Knowledge Society by Hans Westlund,Kiyoshi Kobayashi Pdf

ÔThis book by Westlund and Kobayashi emphasises the fact that the gap between urban and rural areas is no longer relevant today: all places and regions are under a strong influence from cities. The authors show in a straightforward way that the continuum between more and less urbanized places requires new types of regulations, based on innovation and local skills, and that rural policies cannot be based on agriculture only but primarily require the mobilization of local social capital links.Õ Ð AndrŽ Torre, INRA Ð Agroparistech, Paris, France ÔÒRuralÓ communities are not all resource dependent and very low-density places. Not all have people leaving in droves and no newcomers. This bookÕs theoretical arguments and case studies (from five countries) help one understand better the diversity of ÒruralÓ. We find population gainers, population losers; newcomers and long-term ÒstayersÓ together in sizable towns; Aboriginal communities where out-migration is limited. The diversity is a key dimension in the analyses of public and private action to build and maintain social capital.Õ Ð Roger E. Bolton, Williams College, US ÔThis 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 with examples. The way forward for both urban and rural development is achieved when the variables that define social capital are simultaneously balanced around focused development objectives. Examples show how a multidimensional view of social capital enables meaningful rural development.Õ Ð Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, US Social capital is often considered a key factor for local development. This book analyzes the role of social capital for rural areasÕ survival and development in the current age of metropolitan growth Ð an era in which urban is the norm and where rural areas must adapt to this new situation and build innovative urban-rural relations. The traditional division between ÔruralÕ and ÔurbanÕ is no longer valid in the knowledge society. Instead of being a homogeneous unit based on primary sector production, the countryside in the developed world increasingly consists of areas with very different development paths. With examples from Europe, Asia and America, the book discusses building and renewal of rural social capital from both bottom-up and top-down perspectives, and from the standpoint of business, and both the public and private sectors. Being the first book to treat social capital and rural development in the age of megacities and the knowledge economy, it will be of great benefit to academics interested in social capital research and rural development.

Author : Jonathan Isham,Thomas Kelly,Sunder Ramaswamy
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106017126910

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Social Capital and Economic Development by Jonathan Isham,Thomas Kelly,Sunder Ramaswamy Pdf

Considering the implications of social capital research for the teaching and practice of development economics, a team of professors of economics from Middlebury College, Vermont present 12 papers from an April 2000 conference. The papers are arranged in thematic fashion, exploring the history and scope of the concept of social capital, empirical and experimental evidence on social capital and well-being, and policy implications for investing social capital in the field. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Patrick François
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-07-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134487721

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Social Capital and Economic Development by Patrick François Pdf

This immensely readable book by Patrick François provides an original insight into the increasingly fashionable topic that is social capital. In a unique, original study, the author emphasises trustworthiness as a vital feature of social capital and argues that standard economic treatments of this phenomenon are inadequate. The book's richer

Author : Thomas F. Carroll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Asia
ISBN : UOM:39015050167793

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Social Capital, Local Capacity Building, and Poverty Reduction by Thomas F. Carroll Pdf