Title:
Social capital and its institutional contingency : a study of the United States, China, and Taiwan
Author:
Lin, Nan, 1938- editor of compilation.
ISBN:
9780415899611
Physical Description:
xvi, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series:
Routledge advances in sociology ; 108
Routledge advances in sociology ; 108.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Social Capital in a Comparative Perspective / Chih-Jou Jay Chen -- pt. I Measuring Social Capital -- 2.Contact Status and Finding a Job: Validation and Extension / Dan Ao -- 3.Homophily and Heterophily in the Position-Generated Networks in the U.S. and China / Dan Ao -- 4.Status-Based Differential Memory and Measurement of Social Capital: Recall Errors and Bias Estimates / Nan Lin -- pt. II Endogeneity of Social Capital: Structural and Network Features -- 5.Similarities and Differences in Relation-Specific Social Resources Among Three Societies: Taiwan, China and the United States / Ronald L. Breiger -- 6.How Social Capital Changes During One's Current Job: Work Conditions and Contact Patterns / Szu-Ying Lee -- 7.Occupational Sex Composition, Cultural Contexts and Social Capital Formation: Cases of the United States and Taiwan / Chi-Tsun Chiu -- 8.The Internet Implications for Social Capital: Stock, Changes and Tie Strength / Wenhong Chen --
Contents note continued: pt. III Accessing and Mobilizing Social Capital: Institutional, Networking and Organizational Factors -- 9.Job Search Chains and Embedded Resources: A Comparative Analysis Among Taiwan, China and the US / Chih-Jou Jay Chen -- 10.Network and Contact Diversities in Race and Gender and Status Attainment in the United States / Joonmo Son -- 11.The Road to Democracy: A Three-Society Comparison of Civic Network Structures / Hang Young Lee -- pt. IV Social Capital and Well-Being -- 12.Social Capital in the Workplace and Health Disruptions: A Cross-National Investigation / Martha Crowley -- 13.Bright and Dark Sides of Who You Know in the Evaluation of Well-Being: Social Capital and Life Satisfaction Across Three Societies / Lijun Song.
Abstract:
"This volume is a collection of original studies based on one of the first research programs on comparative analysis of social capital. Data are drawn from national representative samples of the United States, China and Taiwan. The three societies selected for study allow the examination of how political-economic regimes (command versus market) and cultural factors (family centrality versus diverse social ties) affect the characteristics of social ties and social networks from which resources are accessed and mobilized"-- Provided by publisher.
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