Lin, Nan

Social capital: a theory of social structure and action/ Nan Lin - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xiv, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - (Structural analysis in the social sciences) .

Theory and Research --
Theories of Capital: The Historical Foundation --
Social Capital: Capital Captured through Social Relations --
Resources, Hierarchy, Networks, and Homophily: The Structural Foundation --
Resources, Motivations, and Interactions: The Action Foundation --
The Theory and Theoretical Propositions --
Social Capital and Status Attainment: A Research Tradition --
Inequality in Social Capital: A Research Agenda --
Conceptual Extensions --
Social Capital and the Emergence of Social Structure: A Theory of Rational Choice --
Reputation and Social Capital: The Rational Basis for Social Exchange --
Social Capital in Hierarchical Structures --
Institutions, Networks, and Capital Building: Societal Transformations --
Cybernetworks and the Global Village: The Rise of Social Capital --
The Future of the Theory.

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Social networks
Social action
Social capital
Social structure

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