Social capital and its institutional contingency
Social capital and its institutional contingency a study of the United States, China, and Taiwan / [electronic resource] :
edited by Nan Lin, Yang-chih Fu, and Chih-jou Jay Chen.
- New York : Routledge, 2014.
- xvi, 429 p. : ill.
- Routledge advances in sociology ; 108 .
- Routledge advances in sociology ; 108. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Measuring social capital -- pt. 2. Endogeneity of social capital : structural and network features -- pt. 3. Accessing and mobilizing social capital : institutional, networking and organizational factors -- pt. 4. Social capital and well-being.
"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"--
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203749425 (e-book : PDF)
Social capital (Sociology)--United States.
Social capital (Sociology)--China.
Social capital (Sociology)--Taiwan.
Social networks--United States.
Social networks--China.
Social networks--Taiwan.
Economics--Sociological aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Measuring social capital -- pt. 2. Endogeneity of social capital : structural and network features -- pt. 3. Accessing and mobilizing social capital : institutional, networking and organizational factors -- pt. 4. Social capital and well-being.
"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"--
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203749425 (e-book : PDF)
Social capital (Sociology)--United States.
Social capital (Sociology)--China.
Social capital (Sociology)--Taiwan.
Social networks--United States.
Social networks--China.
Social networks--Taiwan.
Economics--Sociological aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.