Social Capital
A Theory of Social Structure and Action
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Part of Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences
- Author: Nan Lin, Duke University, North Carolina
- Date Published: August 2002
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521521673
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In Social Capital, Nan Lin explains the importance of using social connections and social relations in achieving goals. Social capital, or resources accessed through such connections and relations, is critical (along with human capital, or what a person or organization actually possesses) to individuals, social groups, organizations, and communities in obtaining their objectives. This book places social capital in the family of capital theories (the classical and neo-capital theories), articulates its elements and propositions, presents research programs, findings, and agenda, and theorizes its significance in various moments of interactions between individual actions and social structure (for example, the primordial groups, social exchanges, organizations, institutional transformations and cybernetworks). Nan Lin eloquently introduces a groundbreaking theory that forcefully argues and shows why it is 'who you know', as well as 'what you know' that makes a difference in life and society.
Read more- Emphasizes the importance of social relations and social connections for individuals and social groups
- Shows how individual actions make a difference given structural constraints and opportunities
- Bridges the gap between the micro-level and macro-level analysis and theory building
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'… one of the most rigorous, consistent and empirically informed theoretical analysis of social capital available.' Local Government Studies
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- Date Published: August 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521521673
- length: 294 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 153 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.43kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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.
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