Social Position or School Participation? Access and Mobilization of Social Capital in a School-Based Network

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9733979
AutoresRand Quinn (0000-0002-0679-5110, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, autor correspondente), Amanda Barrett Cox (0000-0002-3914-5309, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA), A C Steinbugler (0000-0002-3752-4372, Dickinson College), Amy Steinbugler (Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA)
Ano2020
Volume49
Fascículo1
Páginas44-55
Data de publicação2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
EditoraAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x19898700
OpenAlexW2999021050
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas54

Through school-based networks, parents obtain information, practical help, and other resources. Because networks vary by size and structure, access to these resources is uneven. What accounts for differences in access to social ties and in the mobilization of those ties to provide resources? In this article, we analyze a network of mothers of eighth graders at a Philadelphia public school. With a near-complete census of network ties, we explore mothers’ access to and mobilization of information and practical help through social ties. We find that mothers’ school-based participation, rather than their race or class-based social position, is associated with resource access and mobilization. Importantly, greater levels of participation increase the likelihood that a mother will provide —but not obtain —information and practical help. Our results can help inform public policy and practice on family and community engagement in schools

Business · Census · Interpersonal ties · Mobilization · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Public relations · Resource mobilization · Social capital · Social media · Social mobility · Social movement · Social network (sociolinguistics · Social network analysis · Social position · Social relation · Social science · Sociology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Social Capital and Networks