By Antony Morgan and Catherine SwannThe authors investigate the relevance of the concept of social capital to health development. The definition of social capital includes facets such as sociability, social networks, trust, reciprocity, and community and civic engagement. 

Diversity in Local Government is still a long way off according to the results of a nine year research project which has led to the publication of two reports described as a ‘wake up call’ for local councils.The studies - commissioned by the IDeA and co-funded with Leadership Research and Development Ltd - look at the career success of local government managers according to ethnicity, gender, age and disability. 

A project in which three local authorities use state of the art technology to prevent young people straying into criminal behaviour has been singled out for praise for its contribution to progress towards meeting e-Government targets.