Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Markets, Communities and Families

By Nan Lin and Ronald L Breiger

One of the "hottest" concepts in international academic social-science research, social capital refers to the ways in which people make use of social networks in "getting ahead". This book presents the latest contributions and advances in theory and method in this important field.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415536723
• ISBN13: 9780415536721
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"