The dynamics of social capital and civic engagement in Asia
Subtitle: vibrant societies
By: edited by Amrita G. Daniere and Hy V. Luong
Series: Routledge contemporary Asia series -- 34; Routledge contemporary Asia series -- 34.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415678698; 9780203126516
Subjects: Social conditions; Social capital (Sociology); Congresses; Political participation; Community development
Description: "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 efforts, particularly in terms of enhancing the interaction between state and community efforts, to create vibrant societies."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Papers originally presented at a conference held in May 2009 at the University of Toronto.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Vibrant societies and social capital in Asia / by Amrita Daniere and Hy V. Luong; title: Social capital and development : experiences from Asia / by Michael Woolcock; title: Network social capital and civic engagement in environmentalism in china : findings from the Chinese general social survey / by Yanjie Bian; title: Differential effect of multiple social networks on public participation in Japan / by Ken'ichi Ikeda; title: Remain or return? : social capital and return migration / by Janet W. Salaff and Arent Greve; title: Relocalisation, resocialisation and renascent social capital in northeast Thailand / by Michael Parnwell; title: Religion-based social capital and civic engagement : a case study of a Buddhist welfare organization in Malacca, Malaysia / by Julia Huang; title: Community-based planning in Chiang-Mai, Thailand : social capital, collective action and elite capture / by Victoria Beard and Sawanya Phakphian; title: Neighbourhood scale place-making in Tokyo : organizing participation in Japan / by André Sorensen; title: "Wicked" social capital eludes design : how poor mainland Chinese migrants coped with the Far East economic crisis / by Sam Wong; title: Can civic engagement lead to deliberative governance? : the emergence and struggle of Community Forest User Group Federation in Nepal / by Hemant R. Ojha.