The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia : Vibrant Societies.

The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia : Vibrant Societies.

The purpose of this volume is to highlight the impacts on civic engagement of social capital, and its various component parts (trust, norms, networks and associations), in diverse parts of Asia. Addressing the pressing need for improved governance within the spatial, political and cultural realities...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daniere, Amrita
Other Authors: Van Luong, Hy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Series:Routledge contemporary Asia series.
Subjects:
2000 - 2099
Social capital (Sociology) > Asia > Congresses.
Political participation > Social aspects > Asia > Congresses.
Community development > Asia > Congresses.
Community development
Political participation > Social aspects
Social capital (Sociology)
Social conditions
Asia > Social conditions > 21st century > Congresses.
Asia
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Vibrant societies and social capital in Asia; 2 Social capital and development: experiences from Asia; 3 Network social capital and civic engagement in environmentalism in China; 4 Differential effects of multiple social networks on political participation in Japan; 5 Remain or return? Social capital and return migration; 6 Relocalisation, resocialisation and renascent social capital in Northeast Thailand.
  • 7 Religion-based social capital and civic engagement: a case study of a Buddhist welfare organization in Malacca, Malaysia8 Community-based planning in Thailand social capital, collective action and elite capture; 9 The state and social capital in Japan: (re)scripting the standard operating practices of neighborhood civic engagement; 10 "Wicked" social capital eludes institutional design: how poor mainland Chinese migrants coped with the Far East economic crisis.
  • 11 Can civic engagement lead to deliberative democratic governance? The emergence and struggle of the Community Forest User Group Federation in NepalBibliography; Index.

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