Model of social capital
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 5:23 pm
Sue Kilpatrick
Ian Falk
"Learning in agriculture : building social capital in island
communities"
IN:Local environment 8 (5, 2003) : 501-512
Social capital helps communities respond positively to change. Research
in agricultural businesses and into managing change through learning in
communities has highlighted the importance of relationships between
people and the formal and informal infrastructure of communities to the
quality of outcomes experienced by communities, businesses and
individuals. Communities can be geographic communities--the data drawn
on in this paper are from an island community, for example—or
communities-of-common-purpose, such as agricultural organisations. This
paper reviews research into managing change through learning and social
capital, presents a model of the simultaneous building and use of
social capital and explores the ways in which learning as part of an
agricultural community can be used to bring benefits to geographic
communities such as islands. The model presented in this paper stems
from studies of the informal learning process that builds resilient
communities. It conceptualises the...
Paul Martin
From: Paul Martin <Paul_M@profitfoundation.com.au>
0416015161
Ian Falk
"Learning in agriculture : building social capital in island
communities"
IN:Local environment 8 (5, 2003) : 501-512
Social capital helps communities respond positively to change. Research
in agricultural businesses and into managing change through learning in
communities has highlighted the importance of relationships between
people and the formal and informal infrastructure of communities to the
quality of outcomes experienced by communities, businesses and
individuals. Communities can be geographic communities--the data drawn
on in this paper are from an island community, for example—or
communities-of-common-purpose, such as agricultural organisations. This
paper reviews research into managing change through learning and social
capital, presents a model of the simultaneous building and use of
social capital and explores the ways in which learning as part of an
agricultural community can be used to bring benefits to geographic
communities such as islands. The model presented in this paper stems
from studies of the informal learning process that builds resilient
communities. It conceptualises the...
Paul Martin
From: Paul Martin <Paul_M@profitfoundation.com.au>
0416015161