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The Connectedness of Community as an Element in Policy

The Connectedness of Community as an Element in Policy

Bill ReimerBill Reimer

reimer@vax2.concordia.careimer@vax2.concordia.ca2006/03/032006/03/03

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Connections and NetworksConnections and Networks

•Structure: With whom are you connected?Structure: With whom are you connected?

•Content: What brings you together?Content: What brings you together?

•Norms: What guides your relationship?Norms: What guides your relationship?

How can policy enhance or inhibit How can policy enhance or inhibit the formation of connections?the formation of connections?

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S m ithP res id en t

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High Capacity = Agility with all systems

Normative SystemsNormative Systems

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Connections in ActionConnections in Action

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Social relations most often used in combination

Social relations most often used in combination

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NRE Household survey 2001; 1995 respondents

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Bureaucratic Norms and ConnectionsBureaucratic Norms and Connections•BureaucraticBureaucratic

Fairness and AccountabilityFairness and Accountability

•AssociativeAssociative Commitment to shared interestCommitment to shared interest

•Partnerships can be problematicPartnerships can be problematic

Bureaucratic AccommodationBureaucratic Accommodation• Multiple venues for communicationMultiple venues for communication• Associative-appropriate competition proceduresAssociative-appropriate competition procedures• Support for proposals and accountabilitySupport for proposals and accountability• Long term funding for capacity-buildingLong term funding for capacity-building

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Connectivity and Social CapitalConnectivity and Social Capital

•Available social capital is not always usedAvailable social capital is not always used Opportunities for community developmentOpportunities for community development

•Building one type of social capital often Building one type of social capital often affects other typesaffects other types Indirect and concerted programs may be more Indirect and concerted programs may be more

effectiveeffective

•Context mattersContext matters Local consultation and control are criticalLocal consultation and control are critical

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Implications for Policy and ProgramsImplications for Policy and Programs

•Build and facilitate networksBuild and facilitate networks

•Respect and work with partners’ normsRespect and work with partners’ norms

•Work with and support existing networksWork with and support existing networks

• Increase local and regional control and Increase local and regional control and resourcesresources

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The Connectedness of Communities as an Element in Policy

The Connectedness of Communities as an Element in Policy

The Canadian Rural Revitalization The Canadian Rural Revitalization FoundationFoundation

nre.concordia.canre.concordia.ca

www.crrf.cawww.crrf.ca2006/03/032006/03/03

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Correlation between Types of AVAILABLE Social Capital: Site-level

Correlation between Types of AVAILABLE Social Capital: Site-level

Bureaucratic Associative Communal

Market .76** .84** .29

Bureaucratic .87** .12

Associative .13

(r) 19 sites – raw sums with skewed variables logged ** p<.01Source: NRE Site Profiles 2000 Return

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How Do Systems Inter-relate?How Do Systems Inter-relate?

BureaucraticBureaucratic AssociativeAssociative CommunalCommunal

MarketMarket .18.18 .28.28 .27.27

BureaucraticBureaucratic .37.37 .40.40

AssociativeAssociative .29.29

Correlations between types of social capital used (1995 NRE Households) p < .01Correlations between types of social capital used (1995 NRE Households) p < .01

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Available Social Capital is not always UsedAvailable Social Capital is not always Used

Correlation Correlation (r)(r) Available Social CapitalAvailable Social Capital

Used Social Used Social CapitalCapital MarketMarket BureaucraticBureaucratic AssociativeAssociative CommunalCommunal

MarketMarket .12** .22**.22** .20**.20** -.18**-.18**

BureaucraticBureaucratic .08**.08** .14** .09**.09** .09**.09**

AssociativeAssociative .21**.21** .35**.35** .28**.28** .07**.07**

CommunalCommunal .05*.05*

NRE HH Survey (N=1849) ** p<.01; * p<.05; Social Capital Used within 30 minutes of siteNRE HH Survey (N=1849) ** p<.01; * p<.05; Social Capital Used within 30 minutes of site

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Context Matters (Metro Adjacency)Context Matters (Metro Adjacency)Correlation (r)Correlation (r) Available Social CapitalAvailable Social Capital

Used Social Used Social CapitalCapital MarketMarket BureaucraticBureaucratic AssociativeAssociative CommunalCommunal

MarketMarketNAdjNAdj .36** .40**.40** .43**.43** -.31**-.31**Adj.Adj. -.09**-.09** -.08* -.07*-.07* -.16**-.16**

BureaucraticBureaucraticNAdjNAdj .19**.19** .18** .18**.18** nsnsAdj.Adj. nsns ns nsns .13**.13**

AssociativeAssociativeNAdjNAdj .42**.42** .53**.53** .52**.52** -.22**-.22**Adj.Adj. nsns .09**.09** nsns .17**.17**

CommunalCommunalNAdjNAdj .11**.11** .11**.11** .14**.14** nsnsAdj.Adj. -.18**-.18** -.08**-.08** -.22**-.22** nsns

NRE HH Survey (N=1849) ** p<.01; * p<.05; Social Capital Used within 30 minutes of siteNRE HH Survey (N=1849) ** p<.01; * p<.05; Social Capital Used within 30 minutes of site

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