The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia

by Daniere; Amrita

• ISBN13: 9780415678698
• ISBN10: 0415678692
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Vibrant societies and social capital in Asia	p. 1
Social capital and development: experiences from Asia	p. 24
Network social capital and civic engagement in environmentalism in China	p. 37
Differential effects of multiple social networks on political participation in Japan	p. 54
Remain or return? Social capital and return migration	p. 81
Relocalisation, resocialisation and renascent social capital in Northeast Thailand	p. 99
Religion-based social capital and civic engagement: a case study of a Buddhist welfare organization in Malacca, Malaysia	p. 127
Community-based planning in Thailand: social capital, collective action and elite capture	p. 145
The state and social capital in Japan: (re)scripting the standard operating practices of neighborhood civic engagement	p. 163
"Wicked" social capital eludes institutional design: how poor mainland Chinese migrants coped with the Far East economic crisis	p. 182
Can civic engagement lead to deliberative democratic governance? The emergence and struggle of the Community Forest User Group Federation in Nepal	p. 199
Bibliography	p. 219
Index	p. 247
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