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Handbook on Inequality and Social Capital
Building upon the extensive and expansive tradition of research on social capital and inequality, this Handbook summarizes current social capital research and showcases cutting-edge applications. It highlights the major theoretical and methodological advancements in the field and provides a comprehensive review of the diversity of research on social capital and its relationship with the creation and maintenance of different forms of inequality.
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Building upon the extensive and expansive tradition of research on social capital and inequality, this Handbook summarizes current social capital research and showcases cutting-edge applications.
With a global range of diverse expert contributors, this Handbook explores quantitative and qualitative approaches to a broad array of substantive topics, including health, social media, disasters, crime, and employment. Chapters highlight the major theoretical and methodological advancements in the field, examining applications to affective and community-based outcomes and applications to instrumental and career-based outcomes. Ultimately, the Handbook provides a comprehensive review of the diversity of research on the resource of social capital and its relationship with the creation and maintenance of different forms of inequality.
Interdisciplinary in scope, this Handbook is a vital resource for students and scholars of sociology and social policy, economics, education, communications, management, demography, social networks, and public administration. Its innovative theorizing and novel empirical contributions will also be of use to policymakers working to reduce inequality across communities.
With a global range of diverse expert contributors, this Handbook explores quantitative and qualitative approaches to a broad array of substantive topics, including health, social media, disasters, crime, and employment. Chapters highlight the major theoretical and methodological advancements in the field, examining applications to affective and community-based outcomes and applications to instrumental and career-based outcomes. Ultimately, the Handbook provides a comprehensive review of the diversity of research on the resource of social capital and its relationship with the creation and maintenance of different forms of inequality.
Interdisciplinary in scope, this Handbook is a vital resource for students and scholars of sociology and social policy, economics, education, communications, management, demography, social networks, and public administration. Its innovative theorizing and novel empirical contributions will also be of use to policymakers working to reduce inequality across communities.
Critical Acclaim
‘The Handbook on Inequality and Social Capital admirably achieves its editors’ goals of comprehensiveness, inclusiveness and usefulness. Rather than attempting to define the concept of social capital, the editors embrace its multi-level, sprawling meaning in 28 chapters that cover the field, with authors from every continent and a multitude of disciplines. It should be useful for established scholars and those just entering the field.’
– Lynn Smith-Lovin, Duke University, US
– Lynn Smith-Lovin, Duke University, US
Contents
Contents
1 Introduction: connecting social capital with studies of social inequality 1
Rochelle Côté, Steve McDonald, and Jing Shen
PART I THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
2 Formalist and relationalist approaches to social capital 10
Emily Erikson and Jeffrey Sachs
3 Revisiting social capital and social network research: inequality in
social relations and structure 22
Steve McDonald, Jing Shen, and Andrew P. Davis
4 The intersectionality of social capital 37
Bonnie H. Erickson
5 Approaches to the measurement of individual social capital in general
social surveys and structure 51
Christof Wolf, Marlène Sapin, and Dominique Joye
6 Qualitative cross-national comparisons of networking practices and
experiences: exploring similarities and differences in white-collar
networking in Israel, Denmark and the United States 68
Ofer Sharone
7 Geospatial inequality of social capital: comparing the effects of
opportunity structures across regions and over time 81
Yang-chih Fu and Hui-Ju Kuo
PART II GEMEINSCHAFT – SOCIAL CAPITAL AS COMMUNITY
8 Social capital changes through life course events 100
Beate Völker
9 Social capital, health, health inequalities and well-being: a critical
review and future directions 117
Padmore Adusei Amoah
10 Culture and social capital 140
Omar Lizardo
11 The role of social capital and social media in social inequality 157
Anabel Quan-Haase, William Hollingshead, and Molly-Gloria Patel
12 Institutional foundations of social capital 173
Maximilian Filsinger and Markus Freitag
13 Social capital and voluntary associations 187
Joonmo Son
14 Organization-based social capital and inequity in disaster recovery planning 204
Malini Roy and Michelle Annette Meyer
15 Social capital and social movements: creating and accessing resources
through social structures 221
David Tindall, Mark Shakespear, and Bob Edwards
16 Social support: a diverse, multilevel, unequal resource 240
Christine A. Mair
17 That’s what friends are for: can social capital help us better understand
the diversity of friendship ties and their complex roles in personal networks? 256
Shira Offer
18 The ties that bond? Social capital in families 271
Mikaela J. Dufur, Tom R. Leppard, and Brianna K. Moodie
PART III GESELLSCHAFT – SOCIAL CAPITAL AS
INSTRUMENTAL RESOURCE
19 The role of social capital in immigrants’ and refugees’ labour market
integration: evidence from Germany 288
Yuliya Kosyakova and Irena Kogan
20 Social capital and academic success 305
Nathan D. Martin and Stacey M. Alvarez Flores
21 Mentoring: ensuring all youth have the networks of support needed for
healthy development 319
Grace Gowdy and Renée Spencer
22 Social capital and network processes in the making of social class
inequality: debates, concepts and measurement 333
Vicente Espinoza and Gabriel Otero
23 Social mobility and social capital 352
Mark Western and Xianbi Huang
24 Inter- and intra-ethnic ties: patterns, processes and payoffs 367
Vincent Chua, Shannon Ang, and Amritorupa Sen
25 Social capital, job search, and labor market outcomes 383
Gerhard Krug
26 Informal networks, social capital, and ethical challenges in international
business 398
Yuliani Suseno and Sven Horak
27 Social capital and co-offending 411
Chris M. Smith
28 Macro-institutional change and social capital: the dynamics of guanxi
influence in China, 1978–2021 425
Yanjie Bian, Lei Zhang, and Xuewang Wang
1 Introduction: connecting social capital with studies of social inequality 1
Rochelle Côté, Steve McDonald, and Jing Shen
PART I THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
2 Formalist and relationalist approaches to social capital 10
Emily Erikson and Jeffrey Sachs
3 Revisiting social capital and social network research: inequality in
social relations and structure 22
Steve McDonald, Jing Shen, and Andrew P. Davis
4 The intersectionality of social capital 37
Bonnie H. Erickson
5 Approaches to the measurement of individual social capital in general
social surveys and structure 51
Christof Wolf, Marlène Sapin, and Dominique Joye
6 Qualitative cross-national comparisons of networking practices and
experiences: exploring similarities and differences in white-collar
networking in Israel, Denmark and the United States 68
Ofer Sharone
7 Geospatial inequality of social capital: comparing the effects of
opportunity structures across regions and over time 81
Yang-chih Fu and Hui-Ju Kuo
PART II GEMEINSCHAFT – SOCIAL CAPITAL AS COMMUNITY
8 Social capital changes through life course events 100
Beate Völker
9 Social capital, health, health inequalities and well-being: a critical
review and future directions 117
Padmore Adusei Amoah
10 Culture and social capital 140
Omar Lizardo
11 The role of social capital and social media in social inequality 157
Anabel Quan-Haase, William Hollingshead, and Molly-Gloria Patel
12 Institutional foundations of social capital 173
Maximilian Filsinger and Markus Freitag
13 Social capital and voluntary associations 187
Joonmo Son
14 Organization-based social capital and inequity in disaster recovery planning 204
Malini Roy and Michelle Annette Meyer
15 Social capital and social movements: creating and accessing resources
through social structures 221
David Tindall, Mark Shakespear, and Bob Edwards
16 Social support: a diverse, multilevel, unequal resource 240
Christine A. Mair
17 That’s what friends are for: can social capital help us better understand
the diversity of friendship ties and their complex roles in personal networks? 256
Shira Offer
18 The ties that bond? Social capital in families 271
Mikaela J. Dufur, Tom R. Leppard, and Brianna K. Moodie
PART III GESELLSCHAFT – SOCIAL CAPITAL AS
INSTRUMENTAL RESOURCE
19 The role of social capital in immigrants’ and refugees’ labour market
integration: evidence from Germany 288
Yuliya Kosyakova and Irena Kogan
20 Social capital and academic success 305
Nathan D. Martin and Stacey M. Alvarez Flores
21 Mentoring: ensuring all youth have the networks of support needed for
healthy development 319
Grace Gowdy and Renée Spencer
22 Social capital and network processes in the making of social class
inequality: debates, concepts and measurement 333
Vicente Espinoza and Gabriel Otero
23 Social mobility and social capital 352
Mark Western and Xianbi Huang
24 Inter- and intra-ethnic ties: patterns, processes and payoffs 367
Vincent Chua, Shannon Ang, and Amritorupa Sen
25 Social capital, job search, and labor market outcomes 383
Gerhard Krug
26 Informal networks, social capital, and ethical challenges in international
business 398
Yuliani Suseno and Sven Horak
27 Social capital and co-offending 411
Chris M. Smith
28 Macro-institutional change and social capital: the dynamics of guanxi
influence in China, 1978–2021 425
Yanjie Bian, Lei Zhang, and Xuewang Wang
