Social capital continues to be the subject of heated discussion and debate in social policy and social science arenas. However, there is a growing gulf between the manner and effect by which these discourses are being played out. This collection of essays brings together emerging and established scholars who have enlivened and enriched the debates about social capital in Australia. Collectively, the volume illustrates the continuing relevance of social capital in analysing Australian society and strengthening social policy and programs to promote social justice in contemporary Australia. This book is based on a workshop conducted under the auspices of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Geoff Woolcock is Associate Professor and Research Fellow with the Urban Research Program at Griffith University. Lenore Manderson is Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.,
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Table of contents
Social Capital and Social Justice in Critical Perspective /? Geoff Woolcock and Lenore Manderson -- Part I: Measuring and Applying Social Capital in Public Policy -- 1 Measuring Social Capital: New Developments in the Australian Bureau of Statistics /? Elisabeth Davis and Horst Posselt -- 2 Social Capital: The Specification and Measurement of a Concept /? John S. Western -- 3 Social Capital: The Productivity Commission's Review /? Tom Nankivell -- 4 Social Capital: The Nexus Between Community and the State /? Kate Brooks -- 5 The Public Policy of Social Capital in Australia /? David Adams -- 6 Faking Social Capital: State Intellectuals as Spin-Doctors /? Martin Mowbray -- 7 Network Capital: Borrowing on your Neighbours' Social Capital /? Robyn Keast, Kerry Brown and Chrys Guneskara -- Part II: The Application of Social Capital Discourse and Policy -- 8 Social Capital: A Meta Analysis /? Jenny Onyx, Paul Bullen and Melissa Edwards -- 9 Social Capital and the Master Planned Community: Theory and Practice /? Gabrielle Gwyther and Geoff Woolcock -- 10 The Role of Social Capital in Collaborative Natural Resource Management: Adventures in Paradox /? Peter Oliver -- 11 Social Capital, Higher Education and Policy Performance /? Ruth Wallace and Ian Falk -- 12 Cooking Alone: Social Capital and Wellbeing among Iraqi Women Refugees in Rural Victoria /? Lenore Manderson and Katie Vasey -- 13 Little Theory, Big Plans: Social Capital and Community Building in Aboriginal Australia /? Mark Brough and Chelsea Bond,
Language
English,
Subject
1699 - Other Studies in Human Society,
Australia,
Politics & Society,