Social capital, lifelong learning and the management of place : an international perspective / edited by Michael Osborne, Kate Sankey and Bruce Wilson
- Published:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Osborne, Michael, 1954-, Sankey, Kate, 1953-, and Wilson, Bruce, 1951-
- Contents:
- Introduction -- Quantitative indicators of social capital: measurement in a complex social context / 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 -- Co-operation, networks and learning regions: network analysis as a method for investigating structures of interaction / Wolfgang Jütte -- Communities of practice and purpose: making knowledge work in the university industry interface / Tony Hall ... [et al.] -- Beyond the social capital rhetoric: an investigation of the use of social networks in the co-ordination of intra-enterprise activities : a case study of small-scale rural non-farm enterprises in Zimbabwe / Jethro Zuwarimwe -- Lifelong learning: institutionalization and regulating mechanisms / 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 -- Rationalising 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 -- Conclusion.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780415427951 (hardback)
0415427959 (hardback)
9780415427968 (pbk.)
0415427967 (pbk.)
9780203945537 (ebk.)
0203945530 (ebk.) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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