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Social Capital
Nan Lin (2001)
LIN Nan (2001), Social Capital. A Theory of
Social Structure and Action, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,
coll. "Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences", 278 p.
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En savoir plus sur Nan Lin
Nan Lin is Professor of Sociology and Director
of the Asian! Pacific Studies Institutes at Duke University. He is author
of The Struggle for Tiananmen (1992); Social Support, Life Events and
Depression (with Alfred Dean and Walter Ensel, 1986); Foundation of Social
Researcb (1976); and The Study of Human Communication (1973). He is coeditor
(with Peter Marsden) of Social Structure and Network Analysis (1982).
His work has appeared in American Sociological Review, American Journal
of Sociology, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and Social Forces,
among other journals. Professor Lin is former Vice President of the American
Sociological Association (1999—2000) and Academician at Academia
Sinica, Taiwan. He is also honorary or advisory professor at numerous
international universities in China, including People’s University,
Huazhong University, Nankai University, Fudan University, and Zhongshan
University, among others.
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Quatrième de couverture
In Social Capital, Nan Lin explains the importance
of using social connections and social relations in achieving goals. Social
capital, or resources accessed through such connections and relations,
is critical (along with human capital, or what a person or an organization
actually possesses) to individuals, social groups, organizations, and
communities in achieving objectives.
This book places social capital in the family of capital
theories (the classical and neoclassical theories), articulates its elements
and propositions, presents research programs, findings, and agendas, and
theorizes its significance in various moments of interactions between
individual actions and social structure (for example, the primordial groups,
social exchanges, organizations, institutional transformations, and cybernetworks).
Nan Lin eloquently introduces a groundbreaking theory that forcefully
argues and shows why “it is who you know” as well as “what
you know” that make a difference in life and society.
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Table des matières
Part I. Theory and Research
1. Theories of Capital: The Historical Foundation 3
2. Social Capital: Capital Captured through Social Relations 19
3. Resources, Hierarchy, Networks, and Homophily : The Structural Foundation
29
4. Resources, Motivations, and Interactions: The Action Foundation 41
5. The Theory and Theoretical Propositions 55
6. Social Capital and Status Attainment: A Research Tradition 78
7. Inequality in Social Capital: A Research Agenda 99
Part II. Conceptual Extensions
8. Social Capital and the Emergence of Social Structure: A Theory of Rational
Choice 127
9. Reputation and Social Capital: The Rational Basis for Social Exchange
143
10. Social Capital in Hierarchical Structures 165
11. Institutions, Networks, and Capital Building : Societal Transformations
184
12. Cybernetworks and the Global Village: The Rise of Social Capital 210
Part III. Epilogue
13 The Future of the Theory 243
References 251
Index 267
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