This book addresses the role of social capital in promoting rural and local development.?The recent financial and economic crises have exposed the European Union (EU) to an increased risk of social exclusion and poverty, which are now at the heart of its economic, employment and social agenda with explicit reference to rural and marginal areas (Europe 2020).?The authors' work from the notion that rural development is not imposed from the outside, but depends also on endogenous factors, namely local cultural and ecological amenities, eco-system services, and economic links with urban areas which expand rural opportunities for innovation, competitiveness, employment and sustainable development.
Social capital is of paramount importance because it helps build networks and trusting relations among local stakeholders in the public and private spheres,??and supporting the enhancement of governance of natural resources in rural areas
Part I
??????????????? Social capital and local development in European rural areas: a conceptual framework
1 ???????????? Introduction: motivation, aim and contributions
??????????????? Elena Pisani, Asimina Christoforou, Laura Secco and Giorgio Franceschetti
2 ???????????? Social capital: intuition, precept, concept and theory
??????????????? Asimina Christoforou
3 ???????????? Social capital and local development in European rural areas: theory and empirics
??????????????? Asimina Christoforou
4 ???????????? Social capital and rural development in Europe: a geographical perspective
??????????????? Lu?s Moreno
5????????????? Social capital, network governance and social innovation: towards a new paradigm?
??????????????? Laura Secco and Catie Burlandlƒ&
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