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

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Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Markets, Communities and Families - Hsung, Ray-May (Editor), and Lin, Nan (Editor), and Breiger, Ronald L. (Editor)
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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 which people meet and build up social networks and the foci to create social capital. Featuring ...

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Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Markets, Communities and Families 2012, Routledge, London

ISBN-13: 9780415536721

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Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Markets, Communities and Families 2008, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780415411172

Hardcover