Social Capital and Local Development: From Theory to Empirics

Part I

Social capital and local development in European rural areas: a conceptual framework

1 Introduction: motivation, aim and contributions

Elena Pisani, Asimina Christoforou, Laura Secco and Giorgio Franceschetti

Asimina Christoforou

3 Social capital and local development in European rural areas: theory and empirics

Asimina Christoforou

4 Social capital and rural development in Europe: a geographical perspective

Luís Moreno

5 Social capital, network governance and social innovation: towards a new paradigm?

Laura Secco and Catie Burlando

Part II

A methodological approach to the evaluation of the LEADER initiative

6 Evaluation of social capital in LEADER: what's in and what's out?

Elena Pisani and Asimina Christoforou

7 Evaluation of social capital in LEADER: from theory to practice

Elena Pisani

8 Social capital and the LEADER Approach: a statistical method for the evaluation of Local Action Groups

Riccardo Da Re, Maria Castiglioni and Catie Burlando

9 Indicators proposed for the evaluation of social capital in Local Action Groups

Elena Pisani, Riccardo Da Re, Maria Castiglioni and Giorgio Franceschetti

Part III LEADER and social capital: a comparative analysis and discussion

10 Practicing social capital in local development: how the method applies to real world cases

Elena Pisani, Asimina Christoforou, Catie Burlando, Riccardo Da Re and Giorgio Franceschetti

11 Evaluation of structural and normative-cognitive social capital and related governance aspects at different levels of aggregation across regions and LAGs

Catie Burlando, Elena Pisani, Asimina Christoforou and Riccardo Da Re

12 Regional comparisons: a discussion on social capital and local development

Asimina Christoforou, Elena Pisani and Catie Burlando

Part IV LEADER and social capital: regional case studies

13 LEADER and social capital in Veneto: the case studies of Prealpi e Dolomiti and Bassa Padovana Local Action Groups

Riccardo Da Re, Giorgio Franceschetti and Elena Pisani

14 LEADER and social capital in Umbria: the case studies of Valle Umbra e Sibillini and Ternano Local Action Groups

Bianca Maria Torquati and Giulia Giacchè

15 LEADER and social capital in Apulia: the case studies of Gargano and Meridaunia Local Action Groups

Antonio Lopolito and Roberta Sisto

16 LEADER and social capital in Basilicata: the case studies of COSVEL and Basento Camastra Local Action Groups

Alba Distaso

17 LEADER and social capital in Sardinia: the case studies of the Sulcis Iglesiente Capoterra e Campidano di Cagliari Local Action Group

Raffaella Di Napoli and Fabio Muscas

Part V Conclusions and policy recommendations

18 Innovative elements of the proposed evaluation method and indications for improving monitoring and evaluation activities in rural development policy

Elena Pisani, Asimina Christoforou, Laura Secco and Catie Burlando

19 What future for LEADER as a catalyst of social innovation

Laura Secco, Elena Pisani, Catie Burlando and Asimina Christoforou