04598nam 2200853 a 450 991014642070332120200520144314.09786611191146978128119114412811911409789048501052904850105910.1515/9789048501052(CKB)1000000000486819(EBL)419905(OCoLC)232152854(SSID)ssj0000152408(PQKBManifestationID)11149217(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152408(PQKBWorkID)10322979(PQKB)10560028(DE-B1597)517862(DE-B1597)9789048501052(UkCbUP)CR9789048501052(Au-PeEL)EBL419905(CaPaEBR)ebr10302583(CaONFJC)MIL119114(MiAaPQ)EBC419905(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32924(MiAaPQ)EBC31780069(Au-PeEL)EBL31780069(ScCtBLL)e2be7403-38cd-498c-8c5d-0351ac33fcff(Perlego)1458718(oapen)doab32924(EXLCZ)99100000000048681920091014d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierExploring 'unseen' social capital in community participation everyday lives of poor mainland Chinese migrants in Hong Kong /Sam Wong1st ed.Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press2007Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2007]©20081 online resource (219 pages) digital, PDF file(s)ICAS publications series. Monographs ;2Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).9789053560341 9053560343 Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-207) and index.Front matter --Summary contents --Detailed contents --Acknowledgements --Preface --1. Building a ,Pro-Poor' Social Capital Framework --2. Ethnography - Alternative Research Methodology --3. Historical and Cultural Contexts of Mainland Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong --4. Investing in Social Capital? - Considering the Paradoxes of Agency in Social Exchange --5. ,Getting the Social Relations Right'? - Understanding Institutional Plurality and Dynamics --6. Rethinking Authority and Power in the Structures of Relations --7. Conclusions and Policy Implications --Notes --Bibliography --Annex 1 --Annex 2 --IndexThis volume argues that using social capital to eradicate poverty is unlikely to succeed because its mainstream approach mistakenly assumes that social capital necessarily benefits poor people. The inadequacy of that assumption, Sam Wong argues, calls for a reassessment of human motivations, institutional dynamics, and the complexity of structures in social capital building. Proposing a 'pro-poor' perspective, in which poverty-specific outcomes are highlighted, he suggests an exploration of 'unseen' social capital is in order-not only to challenge the mainstream understanding of 'seen' social capital, but to demonstrate the need for everyday cooperation, which is shaped by social norms, influenced by conscious and unconscious motivations, and subject to changes in priority based on livelihood. A useful volume for both policy makers and practitioners, Exploring 'Unseen' Social Capital in Community Participation offers a fresh perspective in thinking about civic and social agency.ICAS publications series.Monographs ;2.Everyday lives of poor mainland Chinese migrants in Hong KongInfrastructure (Economics)ChinaCitizen participationPoorChinaSocial conditionsMigrant laborChinaHong KongSocial conditionsChinaSocial conditions1949-ChinaEconomic policy1949-Infrastructure (Economics)Citizen participation.PoorSocial conditions.Migrant laborSocial conditions.306.095125Wong Sam800929International Convention of Asia Scholars.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910146420703321Exploring Unseen Social Capital in Community Participation1802274UNINA