Do network members’ resources generate health inequality? Social capital theory and beyond

Lijun Song, Cleothia G. Frazier and Philip J. Pettis

Chapter 16 in Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health, 2018, pp 233-254 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In this chapter the authors provide a thorough grounding in Bourdieu (1986) and Lin (2001). The application of sociology to networks brings some novel outcomes. While network resources generally bring positive effects on health and wellbeing, the social relationships within the network could bring negative effects. The research describes, for example, how competing subgroups can develop for the resource. The authors explain results contrary to the usual intuitive outcome. They also explain the effect of circumstances that limit the “reachability†of one’s desired goals.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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