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Curry, Nigel; Fisher, Rhiannon – Journal of Rural Studies, 2012
Using Simmel's notion of sociation, the way in which rural elders in England and Wales relate to, or connect with, each other and others within their community, can be seen to be conflictual as well as consensual. As a vehicle for exploiting this relationship, social capital also can be antithetic as well as convergent and an important element of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship, Social Capital
Feinstein, Leon; Hammond, Cathie; Woods, Laura; Preston, John; Bynner, John – 2003
Researchers investigated effects of adult learning (AL) on a range of measures of health and social capital and cohesion. Data from the National Child Development Study relating to almost 10,000 adults born in Britain in 1958 were used, with focus on changes in their lives between age 33 in 1991 and 42 in 2000. Findings indicated AL played an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Attitude Change, Citizen Participation