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Social capital and rural development in the knowledge society
1 online resource (ix, 338 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Social capital is often considered a key factor for local development. This book analyzes the role of social capital for rural areas' survival and development in the current age of metropolitan growth - 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 The traditional division between 'rural' and 'urban' is no longer valid in the knowledge society.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. -- Publisher description.
1. Social Capital and Sustainable Urban - Rural Relationships in the Global Knowledge Society / Hans Westlund and Kiyoshi Kobayashi ---- PART I: NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL. 2. Forest Governance and Social Capital: Structures and Functions / Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Hatori and Hayeong Jeong --- 3. Joint Facilities, Improvement Districts, Clubs and Commons: Towards a Taxonomy of Institutionalised Social Capital / Lars Westin and Johanna Zola --- 4. Foundations of Collective Action: Towards a General Theory / Gautam Ray ---- PART II: ANALYSES OF EFFECTS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL. 5. Does Social Capital Contribute to Regional Economic Growth? Swedish Experiences / Kent Eliasson, Hans Westlund and Stefan Folster --- 6. Changes in Social Capital and Community Functions in Depopulated Areas from Case Studies of 12 Communities in the San'in District / Katsuhisa Ito --- 7. Social Capital in Rural Poland: Between Tradition and Social Engineering / Anna Gasior-Niemiec --- 8. Social Capital and Economic Growth in China's Provinces / Yuheng Li and Hans Westlund. PART III: PROBLEMS OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND RURAL POLICIES. 9. Social Capital and Place-based Policy: Aboriginal Communities in Canada / M. Rose Olfert and David Natcher --- 10. What Can Local Policies Do? An Activity Theory Analysis of Municipal Support to Local Innovations / Cecilia Waldenstrom --- 11. Local Responses to Structural Changes: Collective Action for Rural Communities in Sweden / Anette Forsberg --- 12. Collective Actors as Driving Forces for Mobilizing Social Capital in a Local Community: What Can be Learned for Health Promotion? / Malin Eriksson, Lars Dahlgren and Maria Emmelin --- 13. Social Capital for Sustainable Rural Regions: The Roles of Voluntary Association-Mediated Public Service / Hayeong Jeong, Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Hans Westlund.
edited by Hans Westlund and Kiyoshi Kobayashi.
Includes bibliographical references and index.