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Rethinking Asset‐Based Community Development Strategies in Post‐Earthquake China: The Role of Social Capital

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  • Pui Yan Flora Lau

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To date, the discussion of asset‐based community development strategies has focused on the ways in which tangible assets contribute to the material aspects of life. This paper adopts a different perspective by concentrating on the role of intangible assets, that is, social capital, in community development. Via semi‐structured interviews with users of a resource center's services and leaders of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and a quasi‐governmental organization, the author explores the ways in which social capital helps community redevelopment (especially rehabilitation) in post‐earthquake China. The paper concludes that there is room for NGOs to adopt a bottom‐up approach to community development provided they maintain an apolitical and knowledge‐specific stance.

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  • Pui Yan Flora Lau, 2012. "Rethinking Asset‐Based Community Development Strategies in Post‐Earthquake China: The Role of Social Capital," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 4(3), pages 35-48, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:povpop:v:4:y:2012:i:3:p:35-48
    DOI: 10.1002/pop4.3
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