This book by Westlund and Kobayashi emphasises the fact that the
gap between urban and rural areas is no longer relevant today: all
places and regions are under a strong influence from cities. The
authors show in a straightforward way that the continuum between
more and less urbanized places requires new types of regulations,
based on innovation and local skills, and that rural policies
cannot be based on agriculture only but primarily require the
mobilization of local social capital links.' - Andre Torre, INRA -
Agroparistech, Paris, France''Rural' communities are not all
resource dependent and very low-density places. Not all have people
leaving in droves and no newcomers. This book's theoretical
arguments and case studies (from five countries) help one
understand better the diversity of 'rural'. We find population
gainers, population losers; newcomers and long-term 'stayers'
together in sizable towns; Aboriginal communities where
out-migration is limited. The diversity is a key dimension in the
analyses of public and private action to build and maintain social
capital.' - Roger E. Bolton, Williams College, US 'This amazingly
surprising book takes the popular topic of social capital and
provocatively examines the contemporary rural development issue.
New social capital driven thinking and insights are applied
globally from a conceptual frame and locally with examples. The way
forward for both urban and rural development is achieved when the
variables that define social capital are simultaneously balanced
around focused development objectives. Examples show how a
multidimensional view of social capital enables meaningful rural
development.' - Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, US Social
capital is often considered a key factor for local development.
This book analyzes the role of social capital for rural areas'
survival and development in the current age of metropolitan growth
- an era in which urban is the norm and where rural areas must
adapt to this new situation and build innovative urban-rural
relations. The traditional division between 'rural' and 'urban' is
no longer valid in the knowledge society. Instead of being a
homogeneous unit based on primary sector production, the
countryside in the developed world increasingly consists of areas
with very different development paths. With examples from Europe,
Asia and America, the book discusses building and renewal of rural
social capital from both bottom-up and top-down perspectives, and
from the standpoint of business, and both the public and private
sectors. Being the first book to treat social capital and rural
development in the age of megacities and the knowledge economy, it
will be of great benefit to academics interested in social capital
research and rural development. Contributors: L. Dahlgren, K.
Eliasson, M. Emmelin, M. Eriksson, S. Foelster, A. Forsberg, A.
Gasior-Niemiec, T. Hatori, K. Ito, H. Jeong, K. Kobayashi, Y. Li,
D. Natcher, M.R. Olfert, G. Ray, C. Waldenstroem, L. Westin, H.
Westlund, J. Zola
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