Harnessing and Guiding Social Capital for Rural Development

Informationen zum Autor SHAHRUKH RAFI KHAN is Visiting Professor of Economics, Mount Holyoke College, USA. SAJID KAZMI is Coordinator Advocacy, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan. ZEB RIFAQAT is a Ph.D.Candidate in Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. Klappentext This book is about the harnessing of social capital, formalized as village or community organizations, to guide and facilitate collective action for attaining poverty alleviation in particular and enhancing community well-being in general. Zusammenfassung This book is about the harnessing of social capital! formalized as village or community organizations! to guide and facilitate collective action for attaining poverty alleviation in particular and enhancing community well-being in general. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART 1: HARNESSING AND GUIDING SOCIAL CAPITAL Conceptual Issues: Harnessing and Guiding Social Capital Empirical Applications of Social Capital: Growth, Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development Harnessing and Guiding Social Capital in Pakistan PART II: CASE STUDY: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (HDF), PAKISTAN Cultural Context HDF Interventions SocialMobilization Health Education Field Update 2001 Field Update 2006 Summary and Conclusion PART III: HARNESS SOCIAL CAPITAL: MANUAL FOR THE FIELD RESEARCHER Planning a Field Study to Assess the Role of Harnessing Social Capital for Rural Development

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PART 1: HARNESSING AND GUIDING SOCIAL CAPITAL Conceptual Issues: Harnessing and Guiding Social Capital Empirical Applications of Social Capital: Growth, Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development Harnessing and Guiding Social Capital in Pakistan PART II: CASE STUDY: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (HDF), PAKISTAN Cultural Context HDF Interventions SocialMobilization Health Education Field Update 2001 Field Update 2006 Summary and Conclusion PART III: HARNESS SOCIAL CAPITAL: MANUAL FOR THE FIELD RESEARCHER Planning a Field Study to Assess the Role of Harnessing Social Capital for Rural Development

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• Authors: Kazmi, S Kazmi, S. Kazmi, Sajid Kazmi, Khan, S Khan, S. Khan, Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Shahrukh Rafi Kazmi Khan, Z Rifaqat, Z. Rifaqat, Zeb Rifaqat
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.2008
• EAN: 9781403981967
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-8196-7
• No. of pages: 303
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Social Theory, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Welfare economics, Social sciences—Philosophy, International Political Economy, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, International Political Economy’, Social Choice and Welfare, intervention;Poverty;social capital