Ethnic Ties

Social Capital and the Question of Mobilisability

Bibliographic Data

ID3370112
AuthorsFloya Anthias (Oxford Brookes University, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume55
Issue4
Pages788-805
Publication date2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-954x.2007.00752.x
OpenAlexW1535496665
LanguageEN
Citations received138
References cited47

This paper reflects on the concept of social capital through a discussion of the differential uses of ethnic ties for minority ethnic groups. It is argued that we should confine the notion of social capital to mobilisable social ties and networks. Resources such as those found in ethnic networks and bonds will only be social capital if they are mobilisable and usable in pursuing social advantage. This will only happen in the presence of a number of factors including the social valuation of the ethnic ties both within and outside the ethnic category, the social location of the actor (for example their gender) and the social context. The paper elaborates a concept of social capital which recognises the need to embed it within social hierarchies

Economics · Ethnic group · Interpersonal ties · Social capital · Social mobility · Social reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Valuation (finance) · Anthropology · Finance · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology

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