Social Capital at the Community Level (eBook, PDF)

An Applied Interdisciplinary Perspective
Redaktion: Halstead, John M.; Deller, Steven C.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In Social Capital at the Community Level, John Halstead and Steven Deller examine social capital formation beyond the individual level through a variety of disciplines: planning, economics, regional development, sociology, as well as non-traditional approaches like engineering and built environmental features. Social Capital at the Community Level takes a holistic, interdisciplinary or systems approach to thinking about the community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317686040
• Artikelnr.: 42726820

Autorenporträt

John M. Halstead is Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA. He received his PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, MS in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and BA from the University of Notre Dame. Steven C. Deller is Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He received his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his MS in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his BA in Economics from Western Illinois University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword - Social Capital Theory and Practice Twenty Years Out Chapter 1.
Social capital and community development: An introduction Chapter 2. A
Brief History of Social Capital Research Chapter 3. How the built
environment affects social capital at the community level Chapter 4. Social
Capital, Communities, and the Firm Chapter 5. Social Capital, County
Information Networks and Poverty Reduction Chapter 6. Measuring social
capital at the neighborhood scale through a community based framework
Chapter 7. Social Capital and Community Planning Chapter 8. The
relationship between social capital and ecosystem services: A regional
analysis Chapter 9. The Role of Natural Disasters and Technology in the
Formation of Social Capital. Chapter 10. Latino/a Immigration, Social
Capital, and Business Civic Engagement in Rural Prairie Towns Chapter 11.
Social capital: What do we know? And where do we go from here?