Social capital is fundamentally concerned with resources in social
relations. This Handbook brings together leading scholars from
around the world to address important questions on the
determinants, manifestations and consequences of social capital.
Various mechanisms of formal and informal social involvement, its
relationship with other forms of social exclusion and its role in
civic, instrumental and expressive domains of our socio-economic
and community lives are explored. This unique Handbook: * combines
cutting-edge theory with appropriate data and methods * explores
the mechanisms of formal and informal social involvement including
the role of parental class and cultural influence, and the
consequences for our personal and community lives * links social
capital with other domains of social inequality such as cultural
practice and philanthropic behaviour in an in-depth examination of
the social stratification processes * conducts a thorough analysis
of formal and informal social involvement, and bonding and bridging
social ties on trust, tolerance, community cohesion, educational
attainment, labour market position, quality of life and ethnic
entrepreneurism * analyzes social capital as both an outcome and as
a mediating variable at the micro, meso and macro levels.
Accessible yet rigorous, this Handbook presents a challenge to both
social capital researchers interested in explaining social
inequality and to policy-makers with responsibility for designing
effective measures for combating social exclusion. It will also be
essential reading for students in sociology, political science,
developmental economics and management studies. Contributors: N.
Allum, R. Andersen, L. Becares, Y. Bian, F. Buscha, C. Cheng, R.R.
Cote, D. Cutts, N. Demireva, F. Devine, J.K. Dhillon, L. Donato,
B.H. Erickson, J. Fiel, J. Field, E. Fieldhouse, A. Gamoran, A.
Garcia-Macias, D. Griffiths, A. Heath, X. Huang, P.S. Lambert, J.
Laurence, Y. Li, M. Lubbers, J.L. Molina, J. Nazroo, J. Pampalona,
R. Patulny, J. Rodriguez Menes, M. Savage, M. Shoji, P. Sturgis,
E.M. Uslaner, H. Valenzuela-Garcia, P.-P. Verhaeghe, W. Wang, A.
Warde, M. Western, L. Zhang, L. Zhang, W. Zhang
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