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Title Creation and returns of social capital : a new research program / edited by Henk Flap and Beate Völker
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 282 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge advances in sociology ; 9
Routledge advances in sociology ; 9.
Contents Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notes on the contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Part I Introduction to the program -- 1 Creation and returns of social capital -- The history of the social capital idea -- The theoretical backbone of the program -- The concept of social capital -- State of the art: the program works -- A research agenda of theoretically inspired problems -- (a) What are the main constituents of social capital and how are they distributed? -- (b) How do various effects of a person�s social capital depend on its constituents?
(C) How do social resources interact with other resources?(d) How is social capital created and maintained? -- (e) How do contact opportunities influence the rise of social capital? -- (f) What is the effect of social institutions on social capital? -- (g) How are �property rights� of social capital defined? -- (h) How does social capital contribute to social inequality and cohesion? -- (i) What is the mechanism behind the productivity of social capital? -- (j) How should social capital be measured? -- Concluding remarks -- Note -- References
Part II The distribution of social capital2 The distribution of gendered social capital in Canada -- Why should we study gendered social capital? -- The formation of gendered social capital -- The data and measures -- The data sources -- Measures of social capital -- Predictors of social capital -- Results -- Basic facts about gender and social capital -- Social capital: a life-course approach -- Ascribed characteristics -- Education -- Work -- Household income -- Family life -- Voluntary associations -- Social capital and kinds of places
Atlantic CanadaUrban versus rural -- Social capital for the whole sample -- Social capital for men and women -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- 3 Does social capital offset social and economic inequalities? -- The volume and structure of social capital as a resource -- Data -- The survey -- The name generator -- Household differentiation variables -- Main findings -- One-/two-way support -- Kin and non-kin exchange -- Palliative economic effects of support networks? -- Capital accumulation -- Support and living standards
Are there any utilitarian attitudes to support?Discussion: the social capital metaphor -- Notes -- References -- Part III The creation of social capital -- 4 Information and the creation and return of social capital -- The experimental method and social capital -- The experiment -- The public good game -- Dictator game -- Treatment variable�information -- Research hypotheses: creation and returns of social capital -- The creation of social capital -- The returns of social capital investment -- Results -- Behavior in the public good game
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Social capital (Sociology) -- Congresses
Social networks -- Congresses
Social capital (Sociology) -- Research -- Methodology -- Congresses
Social networks -- Research -- Methodology -- Congresses
PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
Social capital (Sociology)
Social capital (Sociology) -- Research -- Methodology.
Social networks.
Social networks -- Research -- Methodology.
Soziales Kapital
Sociale netwerken.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Form Electronic book
Author Flap, Hendrik Derk, 1950- editor.
Völker, Beate, 1963- editor.
LC no. 2003047098
ISBN 020364364X
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