Veer, Adriaan van der (2021) From funding civil initiatives to creating social capital to establishing sustainable economic development in the Wadden: Wild expectations or a solid strategy? Master thesis.
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Abstract
With this research, it is tried to gain insight into the effects of civil initiatives on social capital. The Waddenfonds funds these initiatives, and it is unclear what the effect of this effort is on their objective to help establish sustainable economic development. The Waddenfonds tries to reach this objective by funding civil initiatives in order to create and sustain social capital, which should help establish sustainable economic development. Social capital is defined as resources embedded in a social structure, which are accessed in purposive actions. In this research, social capital was subdivided in bonding, bridging and linking social capital. The main goal of this research was to evaluate the effects the funding has had on social capital and sustainable economic development. Therefore, a questionnaire was developed and conducted with participants (N=87) living in areas where the funded initiatives took place. The findings implied that the initiatives mostly created bonding social capital, rather than bridging social capital. However, in order to help establish sustainable economic development, bridging social capital is needed and an important condition. The effort of the Waddenfonds has helped the initiatives and the goals of the initiatives, but it remains unclear if it has helped establish sustainable economic development.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Society, Sustainability and Planning (MSc Socio-spatial Planning) |
| Supervisor: | Lamker, C.W. |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2021 13:11 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Aug 2021 13:11 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3659 |
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