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Social Capital and Collective Action in Pakistani Rural Development by Shaheen Rafi Khan,Shahrukh Rafi Khan (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book distinguishes conceptually between indigenous and constructed social capital and the associated spontaneous and induced collective action for rural development and natural resource preservation. While some of the case studies in this book show that induced collective action can lead to cost-effective, community-centric and empirically grounded rural development initiatives, other case studies show that spontaneous collective action, based on indigenous social capital, can result in resource preservation, positive development outcomes, and resistance to the excesses engendered by conventional development. The authors also explore a hybrid form whereby spontaneous collective action is given a more effective and sustainable shape by an outside organization with experience of induced collective action. Exploring alternative community-centric paths to development, especially those attuned with sustainability imperatives, is part of a global search for solutions. While the volume draws on the Pakistani case, the problem with conventional development approaches and the need for complementary alternatives is not unique to only this country; and the volume has broader relevance to

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Author

Shaheen Rafi Khan,Shahrukh Rafi Khan (auth.)

Publisher

Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9783030714505

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Political Science, Economics