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Giving Behaviours and Social Cohesion - How People Who 'Give' Make Better Communities (Hardcover)
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Giving Behaviours and Social Cohesion - How People Who 'Give' Make Better Communities (Hardcover)
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'It is about time that economists - and other social scientists -
go beyond material aspects and seriously study interpersonal
relationships such as giving and informal work. And Lorna Zischka
does this by providing an excellent overview of the existing
literature and by contributing important empirical analyses.' -
Bruno S. Frey, CREMA - Center for Research in Economics, Management
and the Arts, Switzerland Relationships between people are known to
impact our quality of life, and the cohesive nature of those
relationships can be evaluated by the time and money that people
put into them. In this book, Lorna Zischka explores ways in which a
person s willingness to 'give' both reflects and generates social
cohesion. Zischka draws together two distinct bodies of literature;
on social capital and on generosity, as well as analysing UK data
to reveal the strong links between 'giving' patterns and community
cohesion. Reacting to the needs and interests of others brings
communities together, building positive relationships and enabling
people to work together more effectively. Welfare policy can be
improved by directing attention to the relationships that underlie
'giving', and as such this book is an important read for community
development practitioners and policy makers. Finding out if a
programme stimulates more people to 'give' represents a measurable
goal that has a tangible impact on social cohesion. This is also a
valuable read for social science scholars wishing to explore the
feedback loops between thriving communities and the act of
'giving'.
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