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

Pui Yan Flora Lau

Poverty & Public Policy, 2012, vol. 4, issue 3, 35-48

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2012
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