Social Capital

A Theory of Social Structure and Action (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6527599
AutoresNan Lin (0000-0002-8680-2455), Bonnie Erickson
Año2002
Páginas296
Fecha de publicación2002-01-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
Reseñado porSocial Capital: Theory and Research, M Lounsbury, 2002
Reseñado porSocial Capital. A Theory of Social Structure and Action, E Barozet, 2002
Reseñado porSocial Capital: A Theory of Social Structure and Action, Reza Azarian, 2001
RevistaSocial Capital (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511815447
ISBN9780511815447
Open LibraryOL7744157M
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2946

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.

General · Social science · Social theory · Sociology · Sociology - General · Action sociale · Capital social (Sociologie) · Community development · Community organization · Infrastructure (economics) · Psychology · Re seaux sociaux · Redes sociales · Réseaux sociaux · Sociaal handelen · Social action · Social capital (Sociology) · Social networks · Social participation · Social psychology · Social Science · Social Support · Social, group or collective psychology · Sociala nätverk · Sociale netwerken · Socialt kapital · Soziales Handeln · Soziales Kapital · Soziales Netzwerk · Sozialkompetenz · Sozialstruktur · Theorie