TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lin,Nan
AU  - Fu,Yang-chih
AU  - Chen,Chih-Jou Jay
TI  - Social capital and its institutional contingency: a study of the United States, China, and Taiwan 
T2  - Routledge advances in sociology
SN  - 9780203749425 (e-book : PDF)
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Social capital (Sociology)
KW  - United States
KW  - China
KW  - Taiwan
KW  - Social networks
KW  - Economics
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - 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; Also available in print edition
N2  - "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"--
UR  - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203749425
ER  -