How communities can react to crisis: Social capital as a source of empowerment and well-being

Abstract

Carmencita Serino, Daniele Morciano, Anna Fausta Scardigno, & Amelia Manuti Peer Reviewed This paper provides an accounting for a repertoire of “good practices” experienced in the south of Italy, which have been read with theoretical and methodological lenses borrowed from social community psychology as well as sociology. The discussion provides two case studies (Diffused Guest House and Urban Laboratories) which are both representative in terms of social participation as well as in terms of social capital enhancement.