Social capital, lifelong learning and the management of place an international perspective / [electronic resource] : Michael Osborne, Kate Sankey and Bruce Wislon. - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2007. - xvi, 244 p. : ill.

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Quantitative indicators of social capital: roles in policy -- Development and implementation / Ralph Catts -- What should count as "evidence" for effective "situated policy" / Ian Falk -- Governance and community strengthening: a case study from Victoria, Australia / Michael Hess and David Adams -- Community efficacy and social capital: modelling how communities deliver outcomes for members / Sue Kilpatrick and Joan Abbott-Chapman -- Identity, local community and the Internet / Duncan Timms -- The empirics of social capital and economic development: a critical perspective / Fabio Sabatini -- Cooperation, networks and learning regions: network analysis as a method for investigating structures of interaction / Wolfgang Jtte -- Communities of practice and purpose: making knowledge work in the university -- Industry interface / Tony Hall, Deirdre Hogan, Eamonn McQuade, Emma O'Brien and Rhona Sherry -- Beyond the social capital rhetoric: an investigation of the use of social networks in the coordination of intra-enterprise activities / Jethro Zuwarimwe -- Lifelong learning: institutionalization and regulating mechanisms (Bulgarian case: lost in translation) / Kornelia Eftimova Ilieva -- Place centric and future oriented learning in the local village context / Erik Wallin -- Cities as engines of growth / Patricia Inman and Larry Swanson -- Rationalizing public place commodification and the ramifications of this choice in Alberta, Canada / Theresia Williams -- "Cultural presence" and disadvantaged groups: do heis make a difference? / Lesley Doyle -- Sustainable development: the role of lifelong learning / Corinne van Beilen, Max van der Kamp and Jacques Zeelen -- Conclusions.




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Social capital (Sociology)
Social participation.
Continuing education.
Communities.


Electronic books.