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Author Wong, Sam.

Title Exploring 'unseen' social capital in community participation : everyday lives of poor mainland Chinese migrants in Hong Kong / Sam Wong.

Imprint Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2007.

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Description 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations
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Series ICAS publications series. Monographs ; 2
ICAS publications series. Monographs ; 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Building a 'pro-poor' social capital framework -- Ethnography : alternative research methodology -- Historical and cultural contexts of mainland Chinese migrants in Hong Kong -- Investing in social capital? : considering the paradoxes of agency in social exchange -- 'Getting the social relations right'? : understanding institutional plurality and dynamics -- Rethinking authority and power in the structures of relations -- Conclusions and policy implications.
Summary "This book argues that using social capital to eradicate poverty is less likely to succeed because the mainstream neoinstitutional approach mistakenly assumes that social capital necessarily benefits poor people. This inadequacy calls for a re-assessment of human motivations, institutional dynamics and structural complexity in social capital building. Using ethnographic and participatory methods, this book calls for an exploration of 'unseen' social capital which is intended to challenge the mainstream understanding of 'seen' social capital. As such this book is useful to policy makers and practitioners"--Publisher's description
Note Print version record.
Language English.
Subject Infrastructure (Economics) -- China -- Citizen participation.
Poor -- China -- Social conditions.
Migrant labor -- China -- Hong Kong -- Social conditions.
China -- Social conditions -- 1949-
China -- Economic policy -- 1949-
Pauvres -- Chine -- Conditions sociales.
Travailleurs migrants -- Chine -- Hongkong -- Conditions sociales.
Chine -- Conditions sociales -- 1949-
Chine -- Politique économique -- 1949-
Society and social sciences.
Mathematics and science.
Science: general issues.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Economic policy
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Citizen participation
Migrant labor -- Social conditions
Poor -- Social conditions
Social conditions
China https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3
China -- Hong Kong https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvt6xv8pV6CJd3DMttxjC
Einwanderer
Alltag
Hongkong
Chinesen.
Chronological Term Since 1949
Indexed Term Popular science
Added Author International Convention of Asia Scholars.
Added Title Everyday lives of poor mainland Chinese migrants in Hong Kong
Other Form: Print version: Wong, Sam. Exploring 'unseen' social capital in community participation. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2007 9789053560341 9053560343 (OCoLC)190825614
ISBN 9789048501052 (electronic bk.)
9048501059 (electronic bk.)
9789053560341
9053560343
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DEBBG BV044133535
DEBSZ 396238874
DEBSZ 422139076
GBVCP 1003592732
GBVCP 865734712
NZ1 13859924

 
    
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