TY  - BOOK
TI  - Social Capital and Its Institutional Contingency
SN  - 9780203749425
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York: 
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Social Science
KW  - Sociology
N1  - 1. Social Capital in a Comparative Perspective  Nan Lin, Yang-chih Fu and Chih-jou Jay Chen  

Part I: Measuring Social Capital  

2. Contact Status and Finding a Job: Validation and Extension  Nan Lin, Hang Young Lee and Dan Ao  
3. Homophily and Heterophily in the Position-Generated Networks in the U.S. and China  Dan Ao  
4. Status-Based Differential Memory and Measurement of Social Capital: Recall Errors and Bias Estimates  Kuo-Hsien Su and Nan Lin  

Part II: Endogeneity of Social Capital: Structural and Network Features 
5. Similarities and Differences in Relation-Specific Social Resources Among Three Societies: Taiwan, China and the United States  Ray-May Hsung and Ronald L. Breiger  
6. How Social Capital Changes During One’s Current Job: Work Conditions and Contact Patterns  Yang-chih Fu, Ray May Hsung and Szu-Ying Lee  
7. Occupational Sex Composition, Cultural Contexts, and Social Capital Formation: Cases of the United States and Taiwan  Wei-hsin Yu and Chi-Tsun Chiu  
8. The Internet Implications for Social Capital: Stock, Changes, and Tie Strength  Wenhong Chen  

Part III: Accessing and Mobilizing Social Capital: Institutional, Networking and Organizational Factors  
 
9. Job Search Chains and Embedded Resources: A Comparative Analysis Among Taiwan, China and the US  Chih-jou Jay Chen  
10. Network and Contact Diversities in Race and Gender and Status Attainment in the United States  Joonmo Son  
11. The Road to Democracy: A Three-Society Comparison of Civic Network Structures  Yanlong Zhang and Hang Young Lee  Part IV: Social Capital and Well-Being  
12. Social Capital in the Workplace and Health Disruptions: A Cross-National Investigation  Steve McDonald, Feinian Chen and Martha Crowley  
13. Bright and Dark Sides of Who You Know in the Evaluation of Well-Being: Social Capital and Life Satisfaction Across Three Societies  Lijun Song  Appendix I: Social Capital USA 2004 Telephone Interview Questionnaire.  Appendix II: Sample Characters for U.S., Taiwan, and China 2004-2005 Social Capital Surveys
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