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The study explores the profile of social capital among groups of older adults with different demographic backgrounds and investigates how both individual social capital and perceived community social capital affect their quality of life in an urban Chinese community. It adopts a quantitative approach to explore social capital through a systematic random sampling and face-to-face questionnaire interview among the older adults in an urban community of Shanghai. Findings of the research convey noteworthy theoretical, practical, and policy implications as well as suggestions for further research...

The rapid worldwide growth in migration, asylum seekers and refugees and reactions to this, the expansion of media and technology, political and economic changes at international and local levels are both challenges and opportunities for research in applied linguistics. This book presents 23 articles by key researchers exploring the ways in which applied linguistics can play a role making a difference in people’s lives. It is a timely publication when access to powerful discourses is increasingly an issue for many of the world’s populations. The book showcases the contribution of applied...