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List of Figures | p. ix |
List of Tables | p. xi |
List of Abbreviations | p. xvii |
List of Contributors | p. xix |
Theory, Measurement, and the Research Enterprise on Social Capital | p. 1 |
The Position Generator Methodology: Its Reliability, Validity, and Variation | |
Position Generator Measures and Their Relationship to Other Social Capital Measures | p. 27 |
Position Generator and Actual Networks in Everyday Life: An Evaluation with Contact Diary | p. 49 |
Social, Cultural, and Economic Capital and Job Attainment: The Position Generator as a Measure of Cultural and Economic Resources | p. 65 |
The Formation of Social Capital among Chinese Urbanites: Theoretical Explanation and Empirical Evidence | p. 81 |
Mobilization of Social Capital | |
The Invisible Hand of Social Capital: An Exploratory Study | p. 107 |
Social Resources and Their Effect on Occupational Attainment through the Life Course | p. 133 |
A Question of Access or Mobilization? Understanding Inefficacious Job Referral Networks among the Black Poor | p. 157 |
Social Capital, Civil Engagement, Social Participation, and Trust | |
Social Networks of Participants in Voluntary Associations | p. 185 |
The Internet, Social Capital, Civic Engagement, and Gender in Japan | p. 206 |
Social Capital of Personnel Managers: Causes and Return of Position-Generated Networks and Participation in Voluntary Associations | p. 234 |
It's Not Only Who You Know, It's Also Where They Are: Using the Position Generator to Investigate the Structure of Access to Embedded Resources | p. 255 |
Gender, Network Capital, Social Capital, and Political Capital: The Consequences of Personal Network Diversity for Environmentalists in British Columbia | p. 282 |
Civic Participation and Social Capital: A Social Network Analysis in Two American Counties | p. 308 |
Social Institutions and Inequality in Social Capital | |
Why Some Occupations Are Better Known Than Others | p. 331 |
Marriage, Gender, and Social Capital | p. 342 |
Access to Social Capital and Status Attainment in the United States: Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences | p. 364 |
Access to Social Capital and the Structure of Inequality in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | p. 380 |
Assessing Social Capital and Attainment Dynamics: Position Generator Applications in Hungary, 1987-2003 | p. 394 |
References | p. 421 |
Index | p. 446 |
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