Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas : The Role of Social Entrepreneurship and Social Capital in Rural Renewal

• This volume contains the examined and selected papers of the 11th InternationalWorkshop on “Social Capital and Development Trends in Japan’s and Sweden’s Countryside.”The workshop was held in August 21–23, 2014 in Östersund, Jämtland, Sweden and its aim wasto discuss common topics of non-metropolitan and rural regions and urban-rural interaction inSweden and Japan, with the concepts of social capital and social entrepreneurship as commondenominators. The volume consists of 17 contributions by authors from Sweden and Japan, suc-cessfully accepted through peer review. The book presents interesting and diverse viewpointson the interface between the concept of social capital and the development of rural regions.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Social och ekonomisk geografi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Social and Economic Geography (hsv//eng)

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