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Rethinking Asset‐Based Community Development Strategies in Post‐Earthquake China: The Role of Social Capital

Author(s) -

Lau Pui Yan Flora

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

poverty and public policy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.206

H-Index - 4

ISSN - 1944-2858

DOI - 10.1002/pop4.3

Subject(s) - china , redevelopment , social capital , asset (computer security) , community development , capital (architecture) , resource (disambiguation) , business , perspective (graphical) , public relations , economic growth , sociology , political science , economics , social science , law , computer network , computer security , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science , history

To date, the discussion of asset‐based community development strategies has focused on the ways in which tangible assets contribute to the material aspects of life. This paper adopts a different perspective by concentrating on the role of intangible assets, that is, social capital, in community development. Via semi‐structured interviews with users of a resource center's services and leaders of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and a quasi‐governmental organization, the author explores the ways in which social capital helps community redevelopment (especially rehabilitation) in post‐earthquake China. The paper concludes that there is room for NGOs to adopt a bottom‐up approach to community development provided they maintain an apolitical and knowledge‐specific stance.

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