Mobilizing Social Capital in low developed rural China: a case study in the village N

Social capital is a non-economic concept of regional development. This concept emerged out of the thinking about the role of more intangible development factors such as institutions, networks and trust. Is I possible in China to mobilize the social capital to promote the local development and to solve public issues? The present paper is based on the investigation in the village N. The contribution presents the difficulty to mobilize the social capital and the difficulty of the participation in low developed rural China. In the end, the paper suggests that the issue to mobilize the social capital and the enthusiasm of the social members to participate the local development should be considered more in the future in China.