Handbook on inequality and social capital /

Building upon the extensive and expansive tradition of research on social capital and inequality, this Handbook summarizes current social capital research and showcases cutting-edge applications. With a global range of diverse expert contributors, this Handbook explores quantitative and qualitative...

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Other Authors: McDonald, Steve, Cote, Rochelle, Shen, Jing
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK : Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
Series:Elgar handbooks on inequality.
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Table of Contents:
  • . Introduction: Connecting social capital with studies of social inequality / Rochelle Côté, Steve McDonald, and Jing Shen
  • Part I. Theoretical and methodological developments
  • 2. Formalist and relationalist approaches to social capital / Emily Erikson and Jeffrey Sachs
  • 3. Revisiting social capital and social network research: Inequality in social relations and structure / Steve McDonald, Jing Shen, and Andrew P. Davis
  • 4. The intersectionality of social capital / Bonnie H. Erickson
  • 5. Approaches to the measurement of individual social capital in general social surveys and structure / Christof Wolf, Marlène Sapin, and Dominique Joye
  • 6. Qualitative cross-national comparisons of networking practices and experiences: Exploring similarities and differences in white-collar networking in Israel, Denmark and the United States / Ofer Sharone
  • 7. Geospatial inequality of social capital: Comparing the effects of opportunity structures across regions and over time / Yang-chih Fu and Hui-Ju Kuo
  • Part II. Gemeinschaft
  • social capital as community
  • 8. Social capital changes through life course events / Beate Völker
  • 9. Social capital, health, health inequalities and well-being: A critical review and future directions / Padmore Adusei Amoah
  • 10. Culture and social capital / Omar Lizardo
  • 11. The role of social capital and social media in social inequality / Anabel Quan-Haase, William Hollingshead, and Molly-Gloria Patel
  • 12. Institutional foundations of social capital / Maximilian Filsinger and Markus Freitag
  • 13. Social capital and voluntary associations / Joonmo Son
  • 14. Organization-based social capital and inequity in disaster recovery planning / Malini Roy and Michelle Annette Meyer
  • 15. Social capital and social movements: Creating and accessing resources through social structures / David Tindall, Mark Shakespear, and Bob Edwards
  • 16. Social support: A diverse, multilevel, unequal resource / Christine A. Mair
  • 17. That's what friends are for: Can social capital help us better understand the diversity of friendship ties and their complex roles in personal networks? / Shira Offer
  • 18. The ties that bond? Social capital in families / Mikaela J. Dufur, Tom R. Leppard, and Brianna K. Moodie
  • Part III. Gesellschaft
  • social capital as instrumental resource
  • 19. The role of social capital in immigrants' and refugees' labour market integration: Evidence from Germany / Yuliya Kosyakova and Irena Kogan
  • 20. Social capital and academic success / Nathan D. Martin and Stacey M. Alvarez Flores
  • 21. Mentoring: Ensuring all youth have the networks of support needed for healthy development / Grace Gowdy and Renée Spencer
  • 22. Social capital and network processes in the making of social class inequality: Debates, concepts and measurement / Vicente Espinoza and Gabriel Otero
  • 23. Social mobility and social capital / Mark Western and Xianbi Huang
  • 24. Inter- and intra-ethnic ties: Patterns, processes and payoffs / Vincent Chua, Shannon Ang, and Amritorupa Sen
  • 25. Social capital, job search, and labor market outcomes / Gerhard Krug
  • 26. Informal networks, social capital, and ethical challenges in international business / Yuliani Suseno and Sven Horak
  • 27. Social capital.