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Social Capital and Community Well-Being: The Serve Here Initiative

Social Capital and Community Well-Being: The Serve Here Initiative

Greenberg, Alva G.
Gullotta, Thomas P.
Bloom, Martin

Hardcover

Series: Issues in Children's and Families' Lives

General EducationGeneral PsychologyPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 3319332627
ISBN13: 9783319332628
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Aug 9 2016
Pages: 247
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book provides a comprehensive overview of how communities can leverage their social capital to improve overall quality of life for citizens. In addition, it offers detailed guidance on the design, implementation, and evaluation of social capital initiatives. It defines critical concepts of social capital, its decline in recent years, and the potential for rebuilding it through progressive social policy initiatives. Chapters present an innovative social policy template, Serve Here, for improving Americans' collective quality of life, starting with young adults. Serve Here sets out a comprehensive, sustainable service learning plan aimed at increasing quality higher education for young adults, reducing college debt, and enhancing long-term civic participation and community building. The book offer guidelines for developing tailored solutions to ensure greater parity of social capital to regional, demographic, and other marginalized populations.

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