{"product_id":"social-capital-hardback-9781509513789","title":"Social Capital (Hardback) 9781509513789","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocial Capital\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoonmo Son (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509513789, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 May 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A magnificent book that precisely captures both individual and collective aspects of social capital, differentiates it from structural preconditions, and illuminates its wide contributions to scholarship. Essential for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in the theory, research, and applications of social capital.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eNan Lin, Duke University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent account of the different aspects and applications of social capital. The book is comprehensive and profound, while nicely connecting theory with measurements. A must-read for researchers, teachers, and students.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBeate Völker, Utrecht University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book seeks to bring the complicated and often fragmented literature of social capital into a coherent whole. After applying a dichotomous framework between individual and collective types of social capital to a variety of domains, it proposes a new and more sensible model of social capital. The book contains many interesting ideas and is an essential reading for social scientists.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eYaojun Li, University of Manchester\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The social capital literature is expansive in need of a good integration and refocusing. Son's \u003ci\u003eSocial Capital\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent start.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCraig M. Rawlings, \u003ci\u003eSocial Forces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Son very helpfully wrangles a large, complicated, and unruly literature[, ...] provides a systematic and clear survey of the literature and proposes a simple analytical scaffold to organize many findings and studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBruce Carruthers, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Son has written a solid introduction to the concept of social capital and the literature surrounding it. [...] I strongly recommend Son's book—especially chapter three—to students and scholars planning to use the concept of social capital in empirical-analytical social science.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eActa Sociologica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSocial capital is a principal concept across the social sciences and has readily entered into mainstream discourse. In short, it is popular. However, this popularity has taken its toll. Social capital suffers from a lack of consensus because of the varied ways it is measured, defined, and deployed by different researchers. It has been put to work in ways that stretch and confuse its conceptual value, blurring the lines between networks, trust, civic engagement, and any type of collaborative action. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis clear and concise volume presents the diverse theoretical approaches of scholars from Marx, Coleman, and Bourdieu to Putnam, Fukuyama, and Lin, carefully analyzing their commonalities and differences. Joonmo Son categorizes this wealth of work according to whether its focus is on the necessary preconditions for social capital, its structural basis, or its production. He distinguishes between individual and collective social capital (from shared resources of a personal network to pooled assets of a whole society), and interrogates the practical impact social capital has had in various policy areas (from health to economic development). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocial Capital\u003c\/i\u003e will be of immense value to readers across the social sciences and practitioners in relevant fields seeking to understand this mercurial concept.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. What is Social Capital?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Measuring Social Capital\u003cbr\u003e 3. Social Capital, Civil Society, and Economic Development\u003cbr\u003e 4. Social Capital and Status Attainment\u003cbr\u003e 5. Social Capital and Health\u003cbr\u003e 6. Online Social Capital\u003cbr\u003e 7. 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