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... is one of the communities located at the Western part of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal area (see Figure 1). It is approximately seventeen kilometres away from Ejisu the capital of the Municipality. ...
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... community hosts the Onwe Zonal Council, one of the nine Zonal Councils of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly (Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly, 2010). Kwaso is also located at the Western part of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal area approximately twenty-three kilometres away from Ejisu (see Figure 1). Kwaso This paper is a comparative case study relying on qualitative data (Thomas, 2014). ...
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... is one of the communities located at the Western part of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal area (see Figure 1). It is approximately seventeen kilometres away from Ejisu the capital of the Municipality. With a population of 4,343 inhabitants Onwe ranks 8 th on the list of the top twenty populated settlements of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal area (Ghana Statistical Service, 2014). The community hosts the Onwe Zonal Council, one of the nine Zonal Councils of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly (Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly, 2010). Kwaso is also located at the Western part of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal area approximately twenty-three kilometres away from Ejisu (see Figure 1). Kwaso This paper is a comparative case study relying on qualitative data (Thomas, 2014). Four indicators of community development have been employed in the analysis of how social capital matters. These are participation in community activities; the ability to work together and avoid factionalisms; how well-informed community members are on local issues; and initiation of community projects. The forms of social capital used in this paper are social networks, trust, civic engagement and social norms. Social networks were measured by the membership of community members in groups and associations. Trust was measured by the extent to which people believe that their neighbours would treat them the way they expected. This was measured as either always, mostly, sometimes, rarely and never. Civic engagement refers to the intentional sense of responsibility towards community which is reflected in actions such as joining political parties or working on public problems (Hua & Wan, 2011). Civic engagement was operationalised in terms of citizens' involvement in actions to help address local problems. Regarding social norms, the study considered norms of ...
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... is one of the communities located at the Western part of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal area (see Figure 1). It is approximately seventeen kilometres away from Ejisu the capital of the Municipality. With a population of 4,343 inhabitants Onwe ranks 8 th on the list of the top twenty populated settlements of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal area (Ghana Statistical Service, 2014). The community hosts the Onwe Zonal Council, one of the nine Zonal Councils of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly (Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly, 2010). Kwaso is also located at the Western part of the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal area approximately twenty-three kilometres away from Ejisu (see Figure 1). Kwaso This paper is a comparative case study relying on qualitative data (Thomas, 2014). Four indicators of community development have been employed in the analysis of how social capital matters. These are participation in community activities; the ability to work together and avoid factionalisms; how well-informed community members are on local issues; and initiation of community projects. The forms of social capital used in this paper are social networks, trust, civic engagement and social norms. Social networks were measured by the membership of community members in groups and associations. Trust was measured by the extent to which people believe that their neighbours would treat them the way they expected. This was measured as either always, mostly, sometimes, rarely and never. Civic engagement refers to the intentional sense of responsibility towards community which is reflected in actions such as joining political parties or working on public problems (Hua & Wan, 2011). Civic engagement was operationalised in terms of citizens' involvement in actions to help address local problems. Regarding social norms, the study considered norms of ...
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