Anita Bušljeta Tonković is a research associate at the Institute of Social Science Ivo Pilar, Gospić Regional Centre (Croatia); her main research interests include rural sociology, social ecology and human and social capital in rural communities. Authors major recent publication “The Sustainable Development of Central Lika: Contributions to an Analysis of Human and Social Capital” was published by the Pilar Institute and the State Archives in Gospić in 2015 (ISBN 978-953-7964-18-4).