Nan Lin

Social Capital

A Theory of Social Structure and Action

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Social Capital explains the importance of using social connections and social relations in achieving goals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780521521673
• ISBN-10: 052152167X
• Artikelnr.: 22114266

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Theory and Research: 1. Theories of capital: the historical foundation
2. Social capital: capital captured through social relations
3. Resources, hierarchy, networks, and homophily: the structural foundation
4. Resources, motivations, and interactions: the action foundation
5. The theory and theoretical propositions
6. Social capital and status attainment: a research tradition
7. Inequality in social capital: a research agenda
Part II. Conceptual Extensions: 8. Social capital and the emergence of social structure: a theory of rational choice
9. Reputation and social capital: the rational basis for social change
10. Social capital in hierarchical structures
11. Institutions, networks and capital building
12. Cybernetworks and the global village: the rise of social capital
Part III. Epilogue: 13. The future of the theory.