Given the rapid pace at which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and other Asian economies are growing and the global volatility that these societies are experiencing, social capital and its
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王振寰教授1988年取得美國洛杉磯加州大學社會學博士後在母校東海大學社會學系任教多年，歷任要職，現為國立政治大學國家發展研究所榮譽教授，曾任政治大學講座教授、學術副校長。主要研究興趣為政治社會學、經濟社會學、東亞社會比較研究、永續發展等，中英文著作俱豐，包括《勞工、資本與國家機器》（1993）、《誰統治台灣？》（1996）、《追趕的極限》（2010）、Broder Crossing in Greater China: Production, Community and Identity (2014), Rethinking Social Capital and Entrepreneurship in Greater China: Dose Guanxi matter? (2016)。本書集結了王振寰教授在東海、政大得意門生、國內外學界同仁的近期研究成果，以致敬王老師榮退紀念。這本25章共60萬字的大部頭論文集充分說明王振寰教授35年來在台灣社會學界與發展研究諸領域的傑出貢獻。本書的作者來自不同世代及專業領域，無不是在王老師的教導、啟發及影響下，不斷精進學問，開創一片屬於自己又彼此呼應的學術園地。本書書名援引音樂形式「賦格」（fugue）之概念，取其主題一貫、境界轉化的層疊類同來比擬王老師長年專注於社會轉型、區域創新與永續發展等深刻影響人類社會的重大議題。《發展的賦格》是王振寰教授學術追求與社會關懷交織且迴響而成的旋律所引發的眾聲共鳴，又如學術與生命前前後後的層層堆疊，將發展研究譜寫成一闕令人印象深刻的美妙輪旋。本書為發展研究叢書01
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"Social Capital is an important crtique that should stimulate further analysis and dicussion of what constitutes community." ? New Political Science "The reader emerges with a good sense of the gaps i
This book defines the field of social capital and health. Over the last two decades, there has been a recognition of the importance of social capital (usually defined as ties in the community, attach
Orr (political science and urban studies, Brown University) examines why school reform has been difficult to achieve in Baltimore, revealing the struggles of civic leaders and the limitations placed o
The concept of social capital refers to the ways in which people make use of their social networks in "getting ahead." Social capital isn’t just about the connections in networks, but fundamentally co
In the wake of Robert Putnam's bestselling book "Bowling Alone," media and popular opinion often contend that American society is losing its cohesion. In an era of culture wars, deep
While Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone (2000) highlighted the notion of volunteerism, little attention has been paid to religion's role in generating social capital—an ironic omission since religion con
This volume presents a kaleidoscopic view of the norms and forms of contemporary city life, focusing especially on the processes of social capital (de)formation in the urban milieu. It brings together
