H Flap

Biographic Data

ID7744
NAMEH Flap
GIVEN NAMESH
FAMILY NAMEFlap
SIGNATUREFLAP H
AFFILIATIONSUtrecht University
ORCID0000-0001-7613-031X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS33
TOTAL CITATIONS852
AUTHOR COUNT33
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX14

  • Adellijke burgemeesters. De bezetting als mogelijkheid voor de adel om macht te herwinnen

    H Flap, Peter TammesARTICLEMens & Maatschappij2023

    Noble burgomasters. The German occupation of the Netherlands as opportunity for the nobility to regain power? The revision of the constitution in 1848 ended the constitutional role of the nobility. Their national political power declined from the end of the 19th century in line with the modernisation theory. Data collected on all burgomasters for 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 confirm this trend at the local level: the percentage of municipalities wi…

  • Terug naar Bonger: Over een valse start en plots plankgas in de Nederlandse sociologie

    Wout Ultee, Wil Arts et al.ARTICLEMens & Maatschappij2022

    Bonger revisited. On a false start and a sudden full speed ahead in Dutch sociology Our tentative hypothesis is that institutionalization of an academic discipline, for example by way of university chairs and disciplinary training schools, contributes to scientific progress. Yet, although Bonger contributed to all of sociology’s three main problems (cohesion, inequality and rationalization), his appointment as the first professor for sociology in…

  • Lost Letters in Dutch Neighborhoods: A Field Experiment on Collective Efficacy

    B Volker, G Mollenhorst et al.ARTICLESocial Forces2016

    A lack of collective efficacy in neighborhoods is associated with social and physical disorder and related anti-social actions. It is less clear, however, whether collective efficacy in neighborhoods also enhances prosocial, other-regarding behavior. We studied this association by employing the Lost Letter Technique in a large-scale field experiment. Our data stem from 1,240 letters dropped in a representative sample of 110 Dutch neighborhoods, c…

  • Organizations: Unintended Consequences

    Open AccessH FlapCHAPTERInternational Encyclopedia of the…2015

  • The Influence of Social Capital on Individual Health: Is it the Neighbourhood or the Network

    Open AccessSigrid M Mohnen, B Volker et al.ARTICLESocial Indicators Research2015Cited by: 17References: 63

  • Changes in personal relationships: How social contexts affect the emergence and discontinuation of relationships

    G Mollenhorst, B Volker et al.ARTICLESocial Networks2014

  • A Bad Neighbour Is as Great a Plague as a Good One Is a Great Blessing”: On Negative Relationships between Neighbours

    Open AccessJaap Nieuwenhuis, B Volker et al.ARTICLEUrban Studies2013Cited by: 18References: 31

    With research on social relations hitherto, it is not clear how and why negative relationships between neighbours emerge. In this study, arguments are developed on the conditions within neighbourhoods and on individual characteristics that facilitate negative relations amongst neighbours. The arguments are divided according to three perspectives: diversity, uncertainty and social influence. In the Dutch context, most support is found for the soci…

  • Health-related behavior as a mechanism behind the relationship between neighborhood social capital and individual health - a multilevel analysis

    Open AccessSigrid M Mohnen, B Volker et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    This study is one of the first to test a mechanism explaining much of the direct effect of small-area social capital on individual health. Neighborhood interventions might be most successful at improving health if they stimulate both social interaction and physical activity

  • For better or worse: Negative life events and sibling relationships

    Open AccessMarieke Voorpostel, Tanja Van Der Lippe et al.ARTICLEInternational Sociology2012Cited by: 6References: 33

    Using Dutch data ( N = 6630), this article examines how sibling relationships (including full biological, half- and adopted siblings) differed for persons who experienced a negative life event (divorce, physical illness, psychological problems, addiction, problems with the law, victimization of abuse or financial problems) and those who did not. Results showed that people who experienced serious negative life events in the past often had less act…

  • Context Overlap in Personal Networks: Are 'Public' and 'Private' Two Separate Worlds

    G Mollenhorst, B Volker et al.ARTICLEEuropean Sociological Review2012Cited by: 1References: 27

    In sociology, it is suggested that grand changes in the structure of Western societies in the 19th and 20th centuries led to a decrease in the overlap among social contexts. This implies that people meet the members of their network in many different social contexts. This study inquires into this overlap between social contexts. In particular, we study overlaps between public and private contexts, because modernization-based arguments indicate th…

  • Ethnic concentration in the neighbourhood and majority and minority language: A study of first and second-generation immigrants

    Open AccessMiranda Vervoort, Jaco Dagevos et al.ARTICLESocial Science Research2012Cited by: 11References: 24

  • Shared contexts and triadic closure in core discussion networks

    Open AccessG Mollenhorst, B Volker et al.ARTICLESocial Networks2011Cited by: 24References: 30

  • Neighborhood social capital and individual health

    Open AccessSigrid M Mohnen, Peter P Groenewegen et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2011Cited by: 66References: 30

  • The Ethnic Composition of the Neighbourhood and Ethnic Minorities' Social Contacts: Three Unresolved Issues

    Miranda Vervoort, H Flap et al.ARTICLEEuropean Sociological Review2011Cited by: 42References: 37

    It is frequently supposed that the ethnic composition of a neighbourhood affects ethnic minorities’ social contacts with natives, co-ethnics and other ethnic minorities. Research to date, however, falls short in several ways. First of all, previous studies often did not consider social contacts with co-ethnics and other ethnic minorities. Second, although different mechanisms (i.e. meeting opportunities, ethnic competition theory, ‘third parties’…

  • Social networks and getting a home: Do contacts matter

    Open AccessAndrea Röper, B Volker et al.ARTICLESocial Networks2008

  • Social contexts and personal relationships: The effect of meeting opportunities on similarity for relationships of different strength

    Open AccessG Mollenhorst, B Volker et al.ARTICLESocial Networks2008

  • Income advantages of communist party members before and During the transformation process

    Open AccessWillem‐Jan Verhoeven, Willem-Jan Verhoeven et al.ARTICLEEuropean Societies2008Cited by: 5References: 21

    In this study contradictory hypotheses are tested about the changing income advantages of Communist Party (CP) members derived from the Elite Circulation Thesis and the Elite Reproduction Thesis, using cross-sectional datasets from before and during the transformation process. CP members are matched with non-CP members on several important income determinants such as human capital, occupational class, market capital, age, gender, and marital stat…

  • Social Contexts and Core Discussion Networks: Using a Choice Approach to Study Similarity in Intimate Relationships

    G Mollenhorst, B Volker et al.ARTICLESocial Forces2008Cited by: 37References: 21

    Social contexts in which confidants get to know each other affect the composition of their personal networks, inter alia the similarity among confidants. Results from analyses on a representative sample of the Dutch population between 18 and 65 years of age (SSND 2000), support the idea that differences in similarity among confidants can be explained by 1.) the social composition of a context, 2.) the extent to which interactions within a context…

  • Sixteen Million Neighbors: A Multilevel Study of the Role of Neighbors in the Personal Networks of the Dutch

    Open AccessB Volker, H FlapARTICLEUrban Affairs Review2007Cited by: 45References: 43

    This article discusses the role of neighbors in the personal networks of people living in the Netherlands. It aims to establish the conditions for the inclusion of neighbors in such a network. Three complementary theoretical perspectives for developing hypotheses are employed: meeting opportunities, sharing groups, and social capital. Arguments are tested using nationally representative data ( N = 902) and multilevel regression models. The result…

  • Similar or Different? The Importance of Similarities and Differences for Support Between Siblings

    Open AccessMarieke Voorpostel, Tanja Van Der Lippe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2007Cited by: 17References: 61

    Using a large-scale Dutch national sample ( N = 7,126), the authors examine the importance of similarities and differences in the sibling dyad for the provision of support. Similarities are assumed to enhance attraction and empathy; differences are assumed to be related to different possibilities for exchange. For helping with housework, helping with odd jobs, giving advice, and showing interest, logistic regression models are estimated and simil…

  • When Are Neighbourhoods Communities? Community in Dutch Neighbourhoods

    B Volker, H Flap et al.ARTICLEEuropean Sociological Review2006Cited by: 54

    This study investigates the degree to which community can be found in Dutch neighbourhoods and attempts to explain why there is more community in some neighbourhoods than in others. We apply a perspective on community which assumes that people create communities with the expectation to realize some important well-being goals. Conditions that account for the creation of a local community are specified, i.e. the opportunity, ease, and motivation to…

  • "Academy Colloquium on "Creation and Returns of Social Capital. the State of the Art

    Open AccessH Flap, B VolkerARTICLEBulletin of Sociological…2004

    Colloque académique sur "la création et les retombées du capital social - état de la question": Les 30-31 octobre 2003, un colloque international sur la création et les retombées du capital social a été organisé par l'Académie royale néerlandaise des arts et des sciences au Trippenhuis (Kloveniersburgwal 29) à Amsterdam, Pays Bas. A peu près cinquante personnes ont participé à la conférence. Ci-dessous, on trouvera les résumés des présentations, …

  • The Economic Incorporation of Immigrants in 18 Western Societies: Origin, Destination, and Community Effects

    Open AccessAnne Maaike Mulders, Frank Van Tubergen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review2004Cited by: 226References: 40

    This article examines differences in labor market participation and unemployment between immigrant groups in different countries. The authors argue that two macro designs must be combined to provide a more comprehensive perspective on the economic integration of immigrant groups. Instead of reliance on observations of multiple-origin groups in a single destination or a single-origin group in multiple destinations, multiple origins in multiple des…

  • Goal specific social capital and job satisfaction

    Open AccessH Flap, B VolkerARTICLESocial Networks2001

  • Weak Ties as a Liability: The Case of East Germany

    Open AccessB Volker, H FlapARTICLERationality and Society2001Cited by: 31References: 12

    Every institutional system ïnduces specific problems that have no standardized solutions for the people living in it. In this paper it is argued that people invest in relationships with certain others partly in order to solve these problems. Hence, the personal networks that result provide solutions to system-induced problems and they reflect the institutional environment. Personal networks of people living in the former German Democratic Republi…