Pre-Disaster Social Capital and Disaster Recovery in Wenchuan Earthquake-Stricken Rural Communities

Indonesia is famous for its diverse ethnicity. This ethnic diversity affects the diversity of community values in building interactions. People build interaction one of them to meet the needs of his life, so that people in general use institutional as a container to interact with each other in accordance with prevailing norms and values. The most primary needs of the community is to meet the needs of food and board clothing. Institutions that meet this need are economic institutions. The formulation of the problem of this research are (1) How is local institution developing in multiethnic rural community in Bonegunu Sub-district of North Buton Regency ? (2) What is the economic condition of multiethnic rural community in Bonegunu Sub-district of North Buton Regency ? and (3) How is the Institutional Role local in improving the economy of multiethnic rural communities in Bonegunu Sub-district of North Buton Regency ? This research is a qualitative research with purposive informant selection technique. The result of this research is the local institution that developed in Bonegunu Sub-district that is Customary Institution. Bonegunu Sub-district generally has high potential of rice fields. However, this potential has not been utilized properly due to the absence of adequate irrigation channels. Therefore, people use social capital and kinship relationships that exist between them. In addition, the consensus is built between ethnic groups also make multiethnic communities can together to solve economic problems without losing their identity.Keywords: Ethnicity, Poverty, Social Capital---------------------------------ABSTRAKIndonesia terkenal dengan keragaman etnisnya. Keragaman etnis ini mempengaruhi keragaman nilai-nilai masyarakat dalam membangun interaksi. Orang membangun interaksi salah satunya untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidupnya, sehingga orang pada umumnya menggunakan kelembagaan sebagai wadah untuk berinteraksi satu sama lain sesuai dengan norma dan nilai yang berlaku. Kebutuhan utama masyarakat adalah untuk memenuhi kebutuhan makanan, pakaian, dan papan. Lembaga yang memenuhi kebutuhan ini adalah lembaga ekonomi. Kabupaten Buton Utara merupakan kabupaten baru yang mekar dari kabupaten induknya yaitu kabupaten buton pada tahun 2007. Adanya kebijakan transmigrasi di Kabupaten Buton, membuat kabupaten ini memiliki masyarakat yang sangat heterogen. Terkait dengan keberagaman masyarakat Buton Utara akibat adanya kebijakan transmigrasi maka menarik untuk melihat bagaimana peran kelembagaan dalam meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat? Merujuk hal tersebut, rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah (1) Bagaimana institusi lokal berkembang di masyarakat pedesaan multietnis di Bonegunu Kecamatan Kabupaten Buton Utara?, (2) Bagaimana kondisi ekonomi masyarakat pedesaan multietnis di Kecamatan Bonegunu Kabupaten Buton Utara ?, dan (3) Bagaimana Peran Kelembagaan dalam meningkatkan ekonomi masyarakat pedesaan multietnis di Bonegunu Kecamatan Kabupaten Buton Utara ?. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan teknik pemilihan informan purposive. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah institusi lokal yang berkembang di Kecamatan Bonegunu yang merupakan Lembaga Adat. Kecamatan Bonegunu umumnya memiliki potensi sawah yang tinggi. Namun, potensi ini belum dimanfaatkan dengan baik karena tidak adanya saluran irigasi yang memadai. Karena itu, orang menggunakan modal sosial dan hubungan kekeluargaan yang ada di antara mereka. Selain itu, konsensus yang dibangun antar kelompok etnis juga membuat komunitas multietnis dapat bersama-sama memecahkan masalah ekonomi tanpa kehilangan identitasnya.Kata Kunci: Etnisitas, Kemiskinan, Modal Sosial

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Psychiatric morbidity and social capital in rural communities of the Greek North Aegean islands

Journal of Community Psychology ◽

10.1002/jcop.20414 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 38 (8) ◽

pp. 1023-1041 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Andromachi Tseloni ◽

Anastasia Zissi ◽

Petros Skapinakis

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Psychiatric Morbidity ◽

Aegean Islands ◽

North Aegean

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Household vulnerability and economic status during disaster recovery and its determinants: a case study after the Wenchuan earthquake

Natural Hazards ◽

10.1007/s11069-016-2373-2 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Zhang Huafeng

Keyword(s):

Wenchuan Earthquake ◽

Disaster Recovery ◽

Economic Status ◽

The Wenchuan Earthquake ◽

Household Vulnerability

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Social Capital and Community Development

Measuring and Analyzing Informal Learning in the Digital Age - Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8265-8.ch011 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 153-168

Author(s):

Adejoke C. Babalola

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Local Government ◽

Community Development ◽

Informal Learning ◽

Group Discussion ◽

Research Work ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Development Projects ◽

Southwestern Nigeria

This chapter explores the types of informal learning that take place as women participate in adult literacy programs, community development projects, and as they use social capital in three states in south-western Nigeria. The data used for this study were extracted from a recent research work titled “Effect of Literacy Education and Social Capital on Rural Women's Involvement in Community Development in Southwestern Nigeria.” Three states were selected from the southwestern Nigeria, two Local Government Areas (LGAs) were selected from each of the three states, and two rural communities were also selected from each of the selected local government areas by random sampling technique. From each of the rural communities, 60 rural women were randomly selected, making a total number of 720 respondents. A structured questionnaire, an in-depth interview guide, and focus group discussion were used to collect data. The women attributed the informal learning documented to the relationship they formed during the period they attended literacy classes and participated in community development projects.

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The Design and Implementation of Rural Communication Technology Initiatives

Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-132-2.ch006 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 83-99

Author(s):

Lyn Simpson ◽

Leonie Daws ◽

Leanne Wood

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Social Networks ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Community Development ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Community Technology ◽

Key Issues ◽

Technology Initiatives ◽

Potential Interactions

Communication technology initiatives have proved to be an important influence in rural communities in recent years. Our research has demonstrated that such initiatives have far-reaching effects on a community’s formal and informal social networks and, as a result, on its social capital. Given this fact, it is critical that leaders and management committees of community technology projects are aware of the broader social context in which project activities take place, and the potential interactions that can both benefit and damage community social capital. This chapter addresses key issues that have arisen out of a number of major communication technology projects in Queensland, Australia, and draws upon our findings to propose guidelines that will assist project planners with the design and implementation of future communication technology initiatives in the context of regional and rural community development.

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Let's Give ‘em Something to Talk About

Research Anthology on Navigating School Counseling in the 21st Century ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-8963-2.ch014 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 252-267

Author(s):

Crystal R. Chambers

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Social Networks ◽

Rural Communities ◽

College Choice ◽

Rural Students ◽

College Aspirations ◽

High School Diploma ◽

College Degrees ◽

Choice Processes ◽

The Social

Rural students are more likely to complete their high school diploma but less likely than urban or suburban students to enroll in college. This is in part due to exposure to college and social capital, particularly differential access to social networks including individuals with college degrees. Schools can play a role in bridging the social capital gap as school teachers and counselors are individuals with college degrees who live in and near rural communities. In this vein, teachers and counselors can inspire the college aspirations of rural students, a prerequisite for student engagement in college choice processes.

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