Social capital and viable territorial development in Kabylian communityThe central role of the regional identity
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12 décembre 2014
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Cécile Perret, « Social capital and viable territorial development in Kabylian communityThe central role of the regional identity », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10670/1.ylwj4q
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Using a decomposition of social capital nature, this research performs an original analysis of the interactions between the social, the environmental, the governance and the economic sphere and their impact on a viable development in Kabylia (Algeria). In this region, the "art of association” is the expression of territoriality. When the governance is weak and/or when there is distrust in institutions, populations, according to their culture and to their territory, get organized to find solutions to the missing public goods. In Kabylia, the survival of an ancestral social organization (tajmaat) which has anchored in tradition and rooted values sometimes allows the local populations to overcome their difficulties. This paper demonstrates that the respect for deeply rooted regional identity as a cultural heritage, is necessary to perpetuate viable territorial development.