Social capital: a theory of social structure and action/
Nan Lin
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- xiv, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- (Structural analysis in the social sciences) .
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 Theoretical Propositions -- Social Capital and Status Attainment: A Research Tradition -- Inequality in Social Capital: A Research Agenda -- 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 -- The Future of the Theory.
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Social networks Social action Social capital Social structure