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POLICY ARENA: Social capital in waste—a solid investment?
Author(s) -
Beall Jo
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1328(199711)9:7<951::aid-jid498>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - decentralization , solid waste management , social capital , municipal solid waste , power (physics) , investment (military) , capital (architecture) , economic system , economics , business , economic growth , public economics , political science , market economy , sociology , engineering , social science , waste management , geography , politics , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , law
Both decentralization and ‘civic engagement’ are key concerns in current debates on solid waste management (SWM). This paper examines two different examples of community involvement in solid waste management, in Bangalore, India, and in Faislabad, Pakistan. It shows that expectations based in the concept of social capital are wanting because of the way in which it obscures problems having to do with local power structures. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.