Re-examining linking social capital or state-society synergy relation

Re-examining linking social capital or state-society synergy relation

in the case of rural Philippines

LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ( 01.12.2010 )

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Since the mid-1990s, social capital has begun regarded as one of a few possible keys in solving various development issues. This research re-examines in a critical and empirical manner state-society synergy relations, interchangeably used for linking social capital, between local government officials and poor people in the rural municipality of the Philippines. Based on the findings of fieldwork, the research develops the concept of both 'forced' and 'limited' state-society synergy relation. Further, it argues that state-society synergy relation, despite the presence of complementarity and embeddedness as its two major components, may not prove to be helpful for the poor to "get-ahead" contrary to the expectation in development literature. The main reasons are i) state-society synergy relation takes place within socio-economic and political condition present in the locality, which influences strongly the way it is formed and operates and ii) social capital has been viewed as "a new paradigm" in the field of development with enormous attention exclusively placed on its positive impacts while its negative impacts and unfavorable characteristics largely overlooked.

Детали книги:

ISBN-13:

978-3-8433-7898-7

ISBN-10:

3843378983

EAN:

9783843378987

Язык книги:

English

By (author) :

Yuichiro Shimaoka

Количество страниц:

88

Опубликовано:

01.12.2010

Категория:

Политология