Social capital and community building.(Building Healthier Communities: Ten Years of Learning)

Practitioners working in communities agree that social capital plays a significant role in community building and public health promotion. They view social capital as an approach to building relationships and achieving shared objectives. Other practitioners acknowledge the importance of understandin...

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Published inNational civic review Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 317 - 318
Main Author Wallis, Allan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published John Wiley & Sons, Inc 22.12.1998
Subjects
Community development
Infrastructure (Economics)
Management
Public health
Social aspects
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Summary:Practitioners working in communities agree that social capital plays a significant role in community building and public health promotion. They view social capital as an approach to building relationships and achieving shared objectives. Other practitioners acknowledge the importance of understanding the history of racism based on the African American experience in appreciating the benefits of social capital. They also emphasize the need for an evaluation of community-building initiatives to create local social capital.
ISSN:0027-9013
1542-7811