ISBN:
9780203126516
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9780415678698
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9781136456565
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xiii, 254 p
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
Serie:
Routledge Contemporary Asia Ser.
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia : Vibrant Societies
DDC:
303.44095
Schlagwort(e):
Political participation - Social aspects - Asia
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Kurzfassung:
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 in the rapidly transforming landscapes of Asia, the contributors to the book bring together interdisciplinary work that focuses on the ways in which civic engagement can link with social capital building. The goal of this volume is to inspire policy that recognizes that a vibrant society with acces
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
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
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
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
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
11 Can civic engagement lead to deliberative democratic governance? The emergence and struggle of the Community Forest User Group Federation in NepalBibliography; Index;
Anmerkung:
Papers originally presented at a conference held in May 2009 at the University of Toronto
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Available via World Wide Web
