This book addresses the role of social capital in promoting rural and local development. The recent financial and economic crises have exposed the European Unio

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In Social Capital at the Community Level, John Halstead and Steven Deller examine social capital formation beyond the individual level through a variety of disc

Providing new insight into an important community development challenge, this text looks at how to stimulate the formation of community-based organizations and

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