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POLICY ARENA: Social capital in waste—a solid investment?

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 143 KB
Volume: 9
Category: Article
ISSN: 0954-1748
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1328(199711)9:7<951::aid-jid498>3.0.co;2-n

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✦ Synopsis

Both decentralization and `civic engagement' are key concerns in current debates on solid waste management (SWM). This paper examines two dierent examples of community involvement in solid waste management, in Bangalore, India, and in Faisalabad, Pakistan. It shows that expectations based in the concept of social capital are wanting because of the way in which it obscures problems having to do with local power structures.

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