Handbook on Inequality and Social Capital

Edited by Steve McDonald, Rochelle Côté and Jing Shen

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Abstract: 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. It highlights the major theoretical and methodological advancements in the field and provides a comprehensive review of the diversity of research on social capital and its relationship with the creation and maintenance of different forms of inequality.

Keywords: Sociology and Social Policy; Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
ISBN: 9781802202366
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction: connecting social capital with studies of social inequality , pp 1-8

Rochelle Côté, Steve McDonald and Jing Shen

Ch 2 Formalist and relationalist approaches to social capital , pp 10-21

Emily Erikson and Jeffrey Sachs

Ch 3 Revisiting social capital and social network research: inequality in social relations and structure , pp 22-36

Steve McDonald, Andrew P. Davis and Jing Shen

Ch 4 The intersectionality of social capital , pp 37-50

Bonnie H. Erickson

Ch 5 Approaches to the measurement of individual social capital in general social surveys , pp 51-67

Christof Wolf, Marlène Sapin and Dominique Joye

Ch 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 , pp 68-80

Ofer Sharone

Ch 7 Geospatial inequality of social capital: comparing the effects of opportunity structures across regions and over time , pp 81-96

Yang-chih Fu and Hui-Ju Kuo

Ch 8 Social capital changes through life course events , pp 100-114

Beate Völker

Ch 9 Social capital, health, health inequalities and well-being: a critical review and future directions , pp 117-130

Padmore Adusei Amoah

Ch 10 Culture and social capital , pp 140-156

Omar Lizardo

Ch 11 The role of social capital and social media in social inequality , pp 157-172

Anabel Quan-Haase, William Hollingshead and Molly-Gloria Patel

Ch 12 Institutional foundations of social capital , pp 173-186

Maximilian Filsinger and Markus Freitag

Ch 13 Social capital and voluntary associations , pp 187-202

Joonmo Son

Ch 14 Organization-based social capital and inequity in disaster recovery planning , pp 204-220

Malini Roy and Michelle Annette Meyer

Ch 15 Social capital and social movements: creating and accessing resources through social structures , pp 221-239

David Tindall, Mark Shakespear and Bob Edwards

Ch 16 Social support: a diverse, multilevel, unequal resource , pp 240-255

Christine A. Mair

Ch 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? , pp 256-270

Shira Offer

Ch 18 The ties that bond? Social capital in families , pp 271-286

Mikaela J. Dufur, Tom R. Leppard and Brianna K. Moodie

Ch 19 The role of social capital in immigrants’ and refugees’ labour market integration: evidence from Germany , pp 288-304

Yuliya Kosyakova and Irena Kogan

Ch 20 Social capital and academic success , pp 305-318

Nathan D. Martin and Stacey M. Alvarez Flores

Ch 21 Mentoring: ensuring all youth have the networks of support needed for healthy development , pp 319-332

Grace Gowdy and Renée Spencer

Ch 22 Social capital and network processes in the making of social class inequality: debates, concepts and measurement , pp 333-350

Vicente Espinoza and Gabriel Otero

Ch 23 Social mobility and social capital , pp 351-365

Mark Western and Xianbi Huang

Ch 24 Inter- and intra-ethnic ties: patterns, processes and payoffs , pp 366-381

Vincent Chua, Shannon Ang and Amritorupa Sen

Ch 25 Social capital, job search and labor market outcomes , pp 382-396

Gerhard Krug

Ch 26 Informal networks, social capital, and ethical challenges in international business , pp 397-409

Yuliani Suseno and Sven Horak

Ch 27 Social capital and co-offending , pp 410-423

Chris M. Smith

Ch 28 Macro-institutional change and social capital: the dynamics of guanxi influence in China, 1978-2021 , pp 424-443

Yanjie Bian, Lei Zhang and Xuewang Wang

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