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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Linking social capital"”.
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How social ventures successfully mobilize resources
Social ventures are a powerful force for socioeconomic development and self-determination around the world. However, resource scarcity places severe constraints on their impact. Existing literature has not yet adequately explored several key aspects of this phenomenon, leading to limited …
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Social Capital, Structural Holes, and entrepreneurship: A study on refugees entrepreneurship in Kenya
… camps are constrained to live under limited social and economic rights but nevertheless enjoy some protection under the auspices of humanitarian agencies, refugees and asylum seekers residing in urban setting they are stripped of this protection and effectively left to fend for themselves. …
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The form and use of social capital among foreign direct investors in their interactions with locals in Northern Laos
… sought to identify the form and use of social capital in the northern part of the country. This thesis will present the rationale behind the research, the planning that took place before the fieldwork commenced, and most importantly the findings of the study. Social capital is a …
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Volunteering and Social Capital: A Case Study of Older Hospital Volunteers in Southern Ontario
Volunteering as a form of social activity can facilitate older adults’ active aging through community engagement. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the views on older adults’ volunteerism in a community hospital network in Southern Ontario. Utilizing in-depth interviews …
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Anti-social behaviour: local perception and reporting behaviour in a small urban location
… examining how people experience and perceive antisocial behaviour. Anti-social behaviour legislation and centralised policy was initially based on the notion anti-social behaviour was easy to define. Innes’s (2004) signal crimes perspective identified the importance of local, context specific …
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Social capital and participatory slum upgrading in Bangkok, Thailand
This study applies the concept of social capital to participatory slum upgrading, specifically the Baan Mankong (“secure housing”) programme in Bangkok. The Baan Mankong programme uses community participation to meet the housing needs of the urban poor, with financial assistance from the state. …
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Investigating geospatial social capital networks for industry‐based grassroot economies : the case of Damietta, Egypt
Social capital is a vital asset that contributes to the development of professions as well as communities, specifically in small scale urban settings with a dense social structure. This research aims to develop new tools linking social capital to spatial interactions to fully understand the value …
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Refugee community organisations: a social capital analysis
… how refugee-led community organisations generate social capital for their service users. The concept of social capital has become popular in policy debates in recent years, and previous research has attributed social capital creation for their service users to refugee community organisations …
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Promoting Active Retirement: A Case Study Examining The Mobilisation of Social Capital to Achieve Desired Organisational Outcomes.
… Organisations contribute to society’s social capital stock and play a role in maintaining social cohesion, supporting civil society and generating social renewal. National community and voluntary organisations can operate at a macro (national), meso (regional) and micro (local) level. …
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Young People and Migration in Ghana
… associated with young migrants? In what ways do social networks support young migrants in the migration process? What role does migration for work play in the lives of young migrants and their left behind families? What are young migrants’ aspirations for the future? To answer these questions, …
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A school council's influence on community involvement in a Saskatchewan community
… were analyzed through Putnam’s concept of social capital theory. During the time of this study, the impact that Sunshine’s SCC had on community involvement in school was evolving. The SCC was new to the school community; Sunshine’s SCC members displayed nascent levels of trust between …
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Positive Futures for Serbian Sport
… sport in Serbia. It critically explores the social significance of established and emerging sports—football (grassroots programme) and rugby league—in the challenging social context of Serbian society via the theoretical prism of social capital. Contemporary debate on sport’s social role, …
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Al- 'Eizariyah and the Wall: from the quasi-capital of Palestine to an Arab Ghetto. The Impact of the Separation Wall on the Social Capital of the Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
This doctoral thesis is about the study of the social capital, its effects on the local development and on the socio-economic resilience of the Palestinians trapped in the East Jerusalem's al-'Eizariyah area. The transformation of al-'Eizariyah since 2002 through the Israeli encroachment on …
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Anchored Networks: Navigating Formal and Informal Pathways to Access Educational Resources in Transient and Military Families
… their children following relocation. Grounded in social capital theory, the research employed a multiple-case study approach, integrating data from interviews, focus groups, and digital analysis of Navy-affiliated social media platforms. The study explores how parents navigate these networks to …