Introduction -- Quantitative indicators of social capital: measurement in a complex social context / Ralph Catts -- What should count as "evidence" for effective "situated policy" / Ian Falk -- Governance and community strengthening: a case study from Victoria, Australia / Michael Hess and David Adams -- Community efficacy and social capital: modelling how communities deliver outcomes for members / Sue Kilpatrick and Joan Abbott-Chapman -- Identity, local community and the Internet / Duncan Timms -- The empirics of social capital and economic development: a critical perspective / Fabio Sabatini -- Co-operation, networks and learning regions: network analysis as a method for investigating structures of interaction / Wolfgang Jütte -- Communities of practice and purpose: making knowledge work in the university industry interface / Tony Hall ... [et al.] -- Beyond the social capital rhetoric: an investigation of the use of social networks in the co-ordination of intra-enterprise activities : a case study of small-scale rural non-farm enterprises in Zimbabwe / Jethro Zuwarimwe -- Lifelong learning: institutionalization and regulating mechanisms / Kornelia Eftimova Ilieva -- Place centric and future-oriented learning in the local village context / Erik Wallin -- Cities as engines of growth / Patricia Inman and Larry Swanson -- Rationalising public place commodification and the ramifications of this choice in Alberta, Canada / Theresia Williams -- "Cultural presence" and disadvantaged groups: do HEIs make a difference? / Lesley Doyle -- Sustainable development: the role of lifelong learning / Corinne van Beilen, Max van der Kamp and Jacques Zeelen -- Conclusion.