Exploring 'Unseen' Social Capital in Community Participation

Sam Wong is lecturer at the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds.

‘Sam Wong presents a rich, readable and thought provoking account of the differential patterning of social capital amongst Chinese migrants in Hong Kong.’ – Dr Frances Cleaver, Senior Lecturer, Bradford Centre for International Development, University of Bradford, UK ‘Sam Wong’s work brings a sorely-needed fresh perspective to thinking about social capital – how it works and who it works for – that moves away from preoccupations solely with civic organisations to focus on everyday dynamic interactions between agency, structure and institution’ – Prof Rosalind Edwards, Director of the Families and Social Capital ESRC Research Group, London South Bank University.

• Summary contents - 6 Detailed contents - 8 Acknowledgements - 14 Preface - 16 Ch. 1: Building a 'Pro-Poor' Social Capital Framework - 18 Ch. 2: Ethnography - Alternative Research Methodology - 48 Ch. 3: Historical and Cultural Contexts of Mainland Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong - 74 Ch. 4: Investing in Social Capital? - Considering the Paradoxes of Agency in Social Exchange - 98 Ch. 5: 'Getting the Social Relations Right'? - Understanding Institutional Plurality and Dynamics - 124 Ch. 6: Rethinking Authority and Power in the Structures of Relations - 148 Ch. 7: Conclusions and Policy Implications - 174 Notes - 196 Bibliography - 198 Annex 1 - 210 Annex 2: List of Tables - 214 Index - 218