ID - 25216761 TI - Exploring 'Unseen' Social Capital in Community Participation PY - 2007 SN - 9789053560341 9053560343 9786611191146 1281191140 9048501059 9789048501052 PB - Amsterdam DB - UniCat KW - International economic relations KW - Community organization KW - Hong Kong KW - Migrant labor. KW - Infrastructure (Economics) KW - Poor KW - Migrant labor KW - Citizen participation. KW - Social conditions. KW - China KW - Social conditions KW - Economic policy KW - Labor, Migrant KW - Migrant workers KW - Migrants (Migrant labor) KW - Migratory workers KW - Transient labor KW - Employees KW - Casual labor KW - Disadvantaged, Economically KW - Economically disadvantaged KW - Impoverished people KW - Low-income people KW - Pauperism KW - Poor, The KW - Poor people KW - Persons KW - Social classes KW - Poverty KW - Capital, Social (Economics) KW - Economic infrastructure KW - Social capital (Economics) KW - Social infrastructure KW - Social overhead capital KW - Economic development KW - Human settlements KW - Public goods KW - Public works KW - Capital KW - Economic conditions KW - popular science KW - wetenschap algemeen UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:25216761 AB - This volume argues that using social capital to eradicate poverty is unlikely to succeed because its mainstream approach mistakenly assumes that social capital necessarily benefits poor people. The inadequacy of that assumption, Sam Wong argues, calls for a reassessment of human motivations, institutional dynamics, and the complexity of structures in social capital building. Proposing a 'pro-poor' perspective, in which poverty-specific outcomes are highlighted, he suggests an exploration of 'unseen' social capital is in order-not only to challenge the mainstream understanding of 'seen' social capital, but to demonstrate the need for everyday cooperation, which is shaped by social norms, influenced by conscious and unconscious motivations, and subject to changes in priority based on livelihood. A useful volume for both policy makers and practitioners, Exploring 'Unseen' Social Capital in Community Participation offers a fresh perspective in thinking about civic and social agency. ER -