Social capital : a theory of social structure and action /

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Main Author: Lin, Nan, 1938-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Edition:1st pbk. ed.
Series:Structural analysis in the social sciences 19.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Theory and research: Theories of capital: the historical foundation
  • Social capital: capital captured through social relations
  • Resources, hierarchy, networks, and homophily: the structural foundation
  • Resources, motivations, and interactions: the action foundation
  • The theory and theorical propositions
  • Social capital and status attainment: a research tradition
  • Inequality in social capital: a research agenda.
  • Part 2. Conceptual extensions: Social capital and the emergence of social structure: a theory of rational choice
  • Reputation and social capital: the rational basis for social exchange
  • Social capital in hierarchical structures
  • Institutions, networks and capital building: societal transformations
  • Cybernetworks and the global village: the rise of social capital.
  • Part 3. Epilogue: The future of the theory.