Social capital, lifelong learning and the management of place
Subtitle: an international perspective
By: Michael Osborne, Kate Sankey and Bruce Wislon.
Contributors: Osborne, Michael, 1954-; Sankey, Kate, 1953-; Wilson, Bruce, 1951-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415427951; 9780415427968
Subjects: Social capital (Sociology); Social participation; Continuing education; Communities
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Quantitative indicators of social capital: roles in policy; title: Development and implementation / Ralph Catts; title: What should count as "evidence" for effective "situated policy" / Ian Falk; title: Governance and community strengthening: a case study from Victoria, Australia / Michael Hess and David Adams; title: Community efficacy and social capital: modelling how communities deliver outcomes for members / Sue Kilpatrick and Joan Abbott-Chapman; title: Identity, local community and the Internet / Duncan Timms; title: The empirics of social capital and economic development: a critical perspective  / Fabio Sabatini; title: Cooperation, networks and learning regions: network analysis as a method for investigating structures of interaction / Wolfgang Jtte; title: Communities of practice and purpose: making knowledge work in the university; title: Industry interface / Tony Hall, Deirdre Hogan, Eamonn McQuade, Emma O'Brien and Rhona Sherry; title: Beyond the social capital rhetoric: an investigation of the use of social networks in the coordination of intra-enterprise activities / Jethro Zuwarimwe; title: Lifelong learning: institutionalization and regulating mechanisms (Bulgarian case: lost in translation) / Kornelia Eftimova Ilieva; title: Place centric and future oriented learning in the local village context / Erik Wallin; title: Cities as engines of growth / Patricia Inman and Larry Swanson; title: Rationalizing public place commodification and the ramifications of this choice in Alberta, Canada / Theresia Williams; title: "Cultural presence" and disadvantaged groups: do heis make a difference? / Lesley Doyle; title: Sustainable development: the role of lifelong learning / Corinne van Beilen, Max van der Kamp and Jacques Zeelen; title: Conclusions.