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1. Social Capital and the Context of Political and Cultural Regimes

   Edited by Nan Lin, Yang-chih Fu, Jay Chih-Jou Chen

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   Based on research conducted in three societies - the U.S., China, and Taiwan - this study aims to lend more systematic empirical rigour to Bourdieu's notion of social capital, uncovering stable and variant patterns of the production, processing, and returns to social capital, and exploring...

   To Be Published September 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Contexts of Social Capital

   Social Networks in Markets, Communities and Families

   Edited by Ray-May Hsung, Nan Lin, Ronald L. Breiger

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   The concept of social capital refers to the ways in which people make use of their social networks in "getting ahead." Social capital isn’t just about the connections in networks, but fundamentally concerns the distribution of resources on the basis of exchanges. This volume focuses on how social...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Social Capital

   Edited by Nan Lin

   Series: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

   ‘Social capital’ is a major conceptual and theoretical idea that has received in the last three decades much attention across many social-science disciplines. In this relatively short period, it has developed into a major research paradigm guiding voluminous research conducted in North America,...

   Published September 7th 2010 by Routledge