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

by Nan Lin and Ronald L Breiger

The concept of social capital refers to the ways in which people make use of their social networks in "getting ahead." Social capital isn't just about the connections in networks, but fundamentally concerns the distribution of resources on the basis of exchanges.

This volume focuses on how social capital interacts with social institutions, based on the premise that markets, communities, and families are the major contexts within...

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