Social Capital and Public Policy – The Current Challenge Facing the Victorian Government

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ID11961365
AuthorsDavid Tittensor (0000-0002-0719-873X, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume66
Issue4
Pages512-518
Publication date2007-11-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0313-6647 • E-ISSN: 1467-8500
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00549.x
OpenAlexW2068542837
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Social capital, since Putnam's 1993 work, has captured the imagination of policy‐makers the world over, and Australia is no exception. In 2005 the Department of Victorian Communities launched its Actions for Community Strengthening policy statement, which draws heavily on social capital theory. This article explores the theoretical underpinnings of the government's policy and critiques its failure to deal adequately with the causal relationship between social capital and its supposed community benefits. The article then seeks to isolate the missing factors through a look at recent research on volunteerism and argues that the institution of collaborative/interactive governance needs to be underpinned by sound socio‐economic reform

Capital (architecture · Corporate governance · Economics · Government (linguistics · Institution · Management · Political economy · Political science · Public policy · Social capital · Social policy · Social reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Statement (logic · Work (physics · Community Development and Social Impact · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Social Capital and Networks

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