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Exploring Unseen Social Capital in Community Participation
Sam Wong
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Description for Exploring Unseen Social Capital in Community Participation
Paperback. Using ethnographic and participatory methods, this timely volume calls for an exploration of 'unseen' social capital Series: ICAS Publications Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JFFA; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
This book argues that using social capital to eradicate poverty is less likely to succeed because the mainstream neoinstitutional approach mistakenly assumes that social capital necessarily benefits poor people. This inadequacy calls for a re-assessment of human motivations, institutional dynamics and structural complexity in social capital building. Using ethnographic and participatory methods, this book calls for an exploration of ‘unseen’ social capital which is intended to challenge the mainstream understanding of ‘seen’ social capital. As such this book is useful to policy makers and practitioners.
This book argues that using social capital to eradicate poverty is less likely to succeed because the mainstream neoinstitutional approach mistakenly assumes that social capital necessarily benefits poor people. This inadequacy calls for a re-assessment of human motivations, institutional dynamics and structural complexity in social capital building. Using ethnographic and participatory methods, this book calls for an exploration of ‘unseen’ social capital which is intended to challenge the mainstream understanding of ‘seen’ social capital. As such this book is useful to policy makers and practitioners.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
ICAS Publications Series
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
9789053560341
SKU
V9789053560341
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99-30
About Sam Wong
Sam Wong is lecturer at the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds.
Reviews for Exploring Unseen Social Capital in Community Participation
‘Sam Wong presents a rich, readable and thought provoking account of the differential patterning of social capital amongst Chinese migrants in Hong Kong.’ – Dr Frances Cleaver, Senior Lecturer, Bradford Centre for International Development, University of Bradford, UK ‘Sam Wong’s work brings a sorely-needed fresh perspective to thinking about social capital – how it works and who it works for ... Read more