Exploring the Missing Links: A Critical Inquiry into the Role of Social Capital in Australian Regional Development - Couverture souple

Chiveralls, Keri

 
9783846528266: Exploring the Missing Links: A Critical Inquiry into the Role of Social Capital in Australian Regional Development
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3846528269 ISBN 13 : 9783846528266
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

This book is the publication of a highly praised doctoral thesis exploring the role of social capital theory in Australian regional development policy and practice. The author provides a trenchant critique of the concept 'social capital' and the link between social capital and regional economic development which has been propagated in Australia and around the world. The author draws attention to the 'missing links' in social capital theory, exploring how the concept has mutated from its origins as a tool in a tightly theorised framework for the explanation of social structure and inequality, into a community development tool which many believe can be used to remedy such inequality. With reference to a case study of the local government area of the City of Playford in South Australia, the author argues that not only are current understandings of social capital unable to adequately address issues of class and structural inequality in Australian regional development, they may also be contributing to their exacerbation.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is the publication of a highly praised doctoral thesis exploring the role of social capital theory in Australian regional development policy and practice. The author provides a trenchant critique of the concept 'social capital' and the link between social capital and regional economic development which has been propagated in Australia and around the world. The author draws attention to the 'missing links' in social capital theory, exploring how the concept has mutated from its origins as a tool in a tightly theorised framework for the explanation of social structure and inequality, into a community development tool which many believe can be used to remedy such inequality. With reference to a case study of the local government area of the City of Playford in South Australia, the author argues that not only are current understandings of social capital unable to adequately address issues of class and structural inequality in Australian regional development, they may also be contributing to their exacerbation.

Biographie de l'auteur

Keri received her doctorate in Social Inquiry/Anthropology at the University of Adelaide in 2008. Since then she has worked at the Australian Institute for Social Research and is currently employed as a Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. She has published numerous conference papers, book chapters, magazine and journal articles.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3846528269
ISBN 13 
9783846528266
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
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