THE 'AGENCY' OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Journal Title
Community Development
Journal Number
46
Journal Volume
11
Journal Pages
476-492

This article describes research that builds on a previous study of social capital conducted in 2002 and 2003 in a Canadian community, exploring the relationship between agency and sustainable community development. It examines what is agency and, based on re-interviewing the ‘nodes’ or ‘connectors’ from previous research, it identifies the characteristics of agency and whether or not agency is an a priori condition for network formation and social capital at the community level.