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Social Capital and Well-Being in Times of Crisis
- Source :
- Journal of Happiness Studies. 15:145-162
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2013.
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Abstract
- This paper attempts to show how the quality of the social fabric of a com- munity or nation affects its capacity to deal with crises and to develop human and natural resources in ways that maintain and sustainably improve subjective well-being. Three types of crisis will be used as examples. These include economic crises; transition and other institutional crises; and conflicts over sustainable resource use. The bulk of the new results in this paper relate to economic crises and institutional transitions, and shows that communities and nations with better social capital and trust respond to crises and transi- tions more happily and effectively.
Details
- ISSN :
- 15737780 and 13894978
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Happiness Studies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d0d59ecb79bfc7a83e67c8a41f70e169