Social Capital and Rural Development in the Knowledge Society

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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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this new situation and build innovative urban-rural relations.The traditional division between 'rural' and 'urban' is no longer valid in the knowledge society.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.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.Contributors: L. Dahlgren, K. Eliasson, M. Emmelin, M. Eriksson, S. Fölster, A. Forsberg, A. Gasior-Niemiec, T. Hatori, K. Ito, H. Jeong, K. Kobayashi, Y. Li, D. Natcher, M.R. Olfert, G. Ray, C. Waldenström, L. Westin, H. Westlund, J. Zola

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Utgivningsdatum2013-07-30
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Horizons in Regional Science series
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781782540595

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Contents:Preface1. Social Capital and Sustainable Urban–Rural Relationships in the Global Knowledge SocietyHans Westlund and Kiyoshi Kobayashi PART I: NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL2. Forest Governance and Social Capital: Structures and Functions Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Hatori and Hayeong Jeong 3. Joint Facilities, Improvement Districts, Clubs and Commons: Towards a Taxonomy of Institutionalised Social CapitalLars Westin and Johanna Zola 4. Foundations of Collective Action: Towards a General TheoryGautam Ray PART II: ANALYSES OF EFFECTS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL5. Does Social Capital Contribute to Regional Economic Growth? Swedish Experiences Kent Eliasson, Hans Westlund and Stefan Fölster 6. Changes in Social Capital and Community Functions in Depopulated Areas from Case Studies of 12 Communities in the San’in DistrictKatsuhisa Ito 7. Social Capital in Rural Poland: Between Tradition and Social EngineeringAnna Gąsior-Niemiec 8. Social Capital and Economic Growth in China’s ProvincesYuheng Li and Hans Westlund PART III: PROBLEMS OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND RURAL POLICIES9. Social Capital and Place-based Policy: Aboriginal Communities in CanadaM. Rose Olfert and David Natcher 10. What Can Local Policies Do? An Activity Theory Analysis of Municipal Support to Local InnovationsCecilia Waldenström 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 ServiceHayeong Jeong, Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Hans WestlundIndex

‘This 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.’