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Creation and Returns of Social Capital: A New Research Program
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An important new contribution to the social sciences is the idea of social capital. Social capital consists of the resources that are embedded within peoples social networks. Validated by empirical research, this book presents social capital research as an integrated theoretical research programme. The programme consists of two hypotheses. The social capital hypothesis holds that those with better social capital are better able to realise their ends. And according to the investment hypothesis people invest in ties to the degree that these are instrumental in achieving their ends. The volume is organised into six sections, each addressing a fundamental issue in the research programme. Firstly, the research programme is described. The second section presents the distribution of social capital among citizens of different societies using large-scale social surveys. In the third section experimental and simulation studies show how social capital is created. The fourth section analyses various returns of social capital such as educational and occupational attainment and performance at work. The fifth issue is how social capital should be measured in a more standardised way. And finally

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Creation and Returns of Social Capital

The core of the program consists of two hypotheses. The social capital hypothesis holds that those with better social capital are better able to realize their ends. And, according to the investment hypothesis people invest in ties to the degree that these are instrumental in achieving their ends.

The volume is organized into six parts, each addressing a fundamental issue in the research program. First, the research program is described. The second part presents the distribution of social capital among citizens of different societies using large-scale social surveys. In the third part experimental and simulation studies show how social capital is created. The fourth part analyzes various returns of social capital such as educational and occupational attainment and performance at work. The fifth issue is how social capital should be measured in a more standardized way. And finally the new issue of social capital as a collective good is explored.

Bringing together the work of a distinguished range of international contributors, this book explores the idea of social capital from a range of disciplinary perspectives and research methods and will be of essential interest to students and researchers of sociology.

Henk Flap is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, Utrecht University and the ICS, the Netherlands. He works on the development of social capital theory and testing it in various organizational and institutional contexts. Another research interest is the persecution of the Jews during World War II.

Beate Vlker is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Utrecht University and the ICS, the Netherlands. Her main research interests are the contextual conditions of social networks and the returns of social capital.

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7 Immigrant Life in the U.S.
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Edited by Donna R.Gabaccia and Colin Wayne Leach

8 Rave Culture and Religion
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9 Creation and Returns of Social Capital
A new research program
Edited by Henk Flap and Beate Vlker

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Creation and Returns of Social Capital

A new research program

Edited by Henk Flap and Beate Vlker

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First published 2004
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2004 Editorial matter and selection, Henk Flap and Beate Vlker; individual chapters, the contributors

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Phillip Bonacich is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His interests are in mathematical approaches to social psychology and social networks. Email: .

Alain Degenne is a sociologist and senior researcher at the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS) in LASMAS/CNRS. His research topics are: labor market, lifestyles, and social networks. Together with Michel Fors he wrote Introducing Social Networks, published by Sage in 1999. Email: .

Anne Bert Dijkstra conducted the research for this contribution as part of his appointment as senior researcher at the Department of Sociology and the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), at the University of Groningen, Netherlands. Email: .

Bonnie Erickson was born in Vancouver, Canada, and educated at the University of British Columbia and Harvard. She has been a member of the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, since 1973. Her interests include network analysis and hapkido. Email: .

Henk Flap is professor of sociology at the Department of Sociology, Utrecht University and the ICS, Netherlands. He works on the development of social capital theory and testing it in various organizational and institutional contexts. Another research interest is the persecution of the Jews during World War II. Email: .

Michel Fors is senior research director at the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS). His current interests are in the fields of macrosocial change, social networks, and social justice. Among several books, let us quote Introducing Social Networks, published in 1999 (London, Sage) with Alain Degenne. Email: .

Ove Frank is professor of statistics at Stockholm University. He received his Ph.D. in 1971 for the thesis Statistical Inference in Graphs, and he is a pioneer in the development of statistical models and methods for social network data. He has published extensively on network sampling and data analysis. Email: .

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