The Intersection of Social Capital and Power

An Application to Rural Communities

Bibliographic Data

ID12353063
AuthorsJenny Onyx (0000-0001-7166-833X, corresponding author), Melissa Edwards (0000-0002-3627-7314), Paul Bullen
Year2007
Volume17
Issue3
Pages215-230
Publication date2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRural Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1037-1656 • E-ISSN: 2204-0536
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5172/rsj.351.17.3.215
OpenAlexW2093100150
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited21

The central aim of the article is to examine the relationship between power and social capital within the cultural, historical and spatial contingencies of three rural communities in Australia. These communities are West Wyalong NSW, Broken Hill NSW and Maleny Qld. Each has variously experienced the threats of deindustrialisation, revitalisation, and commercial development pressures (Beaver and Cohen, 2004). To understand how these communities have addressed their circumstances we examine each in turn within the overriding analytical framework of social capital. We find that social capital is used in different ways in each community. The article is prefaced by an exploration of the core theoretical concepts: Social capital, bonding bridging and linking and power, followed by a brief analysis of each of the three cases. © 2007 eContent Management Pty Ltd

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