Recent scholars have found that collective action can be harnessed to sustainably manage common property, contrary to longstanding hypotheses that without effective external regulation community members will exploit communal resources. Researchers have also found that social capital, in addition to biophysical conditions and community attributes, is an important element of successful collective...

The third goal of sustainable development is the well-being society. Government actions to achieve this by increasing built capital (e.g., infrastructure and housing) in urban rural areas. Other forms that can improve include strengthening community bonds (social capital). This study aims explore level social (bonding, bridging, linking) communities correlation between well-being. data used Ind...

This paper examines the extent to which various forms of social capital impact community-level organizational vitality. My hypothesis is that, controlling for other relevant social, political and economic factors, communities with higher levels of social capital should experience more robust organizational and financial growth, and less failure, in their for-profit and nonprofit sectors. I test...

This study explored the role of bonding, bridging, and linking aspects social capital among Bosnian refugees in U.S. their impact on community's mental health. Using snowball sampling criterion sampling, a total 74 resettled participated cross-sectional responded to modified online Personal Social Capital Scale. Most participants resided Missouri, Illinois, New York, Georgia, Florida, Californi...

This article moves the debate on the integrative mechanisms of civil society from the study of individual civic engagement and associational life to the study of interorganizational civic networks. Drawing upon evidence from Bristol and Glasgow, we identify a polycentric model of civic networks, based on horizontal solidarity and generalized reciprocity, in which organizations engage in micro r...

In the last three decades, various concepts and strategies have been developed to address social determinants of health. This paper brings together the different focuses of health promotion, and demonstrates that effective health intervention programs need to be conducted at multiple levels and fronts. Specifically, based on the evaluation of KidsFirst, an early childhood intervention program i...

Building a Bigger and Wider Bridge: Dynamic Expansion in Scope, Scale, and Collaboration Community organizing in America is alive and well and being vigorously practiced in the version we call “institutionbased community organizing.” This national study shows that in the last decade institutionbased community organizing has significantly increased its power base as it continues to bridge divide...