Social Capital Theory: Towards a Methodological Foundation

By Julia H. Uberer and Julia Häuberer

Book Overview

The field of social capital still lacks a recognized general theory. Accordingly, various and sometimes inappropriate measurements are used for it. Julia H?uberer contributes to filling in this gap and provides progress towards the creation of a formalized social capital theory based on the founding concepts of social capital of Bourdieu (1983) and Coleman (1988), and current concepts of Putnam (2000), Burt (1992) and Lin (2001). The second part of the monograph focuses on the quality of measurements of the more general concept of social capital derived in the first part. Therefore, the telephone survey "Social Relationships among Czech Citizens" conducted as a test-retest experiment is analyzed.
This book is valuable reading for academics in Sociology and Political Science.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3531176269
• ISBN13: 9783531176260
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"