ISBN:
9781461474647
Language:
English
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1 Online-Ressource (x, 349 Seiten)
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Erscheint auch als Global perspectives on social capital and health
DDC:
302.1
Keywords:
Social capital (Sociology)
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Public health..
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Infrastructure (Economics)
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Abstract:
This book is a follow up to Social Capital and Health (2008), edited by Kawachi, Subramanian & Kim. Global Perspectives on Social Capital and Health provides a timely update on emerging topics in a fast-growing field, and features contributions from an outstanding international team of scholars, selected from a diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds including: social epidemiology, medical geography, social psychology, social welfare and gerontology, pediatrics, political science, economics, and medical sociology. The book is organized in three parts: Part 1. Emerging directions in social ca
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 A Definition of Social Capital; 1.2 Emerging Directions; 1.2.1 Application to Diverse Social Contexts; 1.2.2 Antecedents of Social Capital; 1.2.3 Causal Inference; 1.2.4 Social Capital Interventions; 1.2.5 Fresh Problems and Population Subgroups; 1.3 Social Capital and Social Theory; References; Chapter 2: Workplace Social Capital and Health; 2.1 Social Capital and Other Psychosocial Factors Related to Employee Health; 2.2 Why Is the Workplace an Important Context for Social Capital and Health Research?
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2.3 How to Measure Social Capital at Work2.3.1 Measuring Trust; 2.3.2 Multicomponent Measures of Social Capital; Box 2.1. A Short Measure of Social Capital at Workplace; 2.4 Workplace Social Capital and Health; 2.4.1 Findings Regarding Workplace Social Capital and Health in Nonmedical Settings; 2.4.2 Findings Regarding Workplace Social Capital and Health in Medical Settings; 2.5 Cross-National Comparison of Workplace Social Capital: Japan and Finland; 2.5.1 Results from Cross-National Comparisons; 2.5.2 Individual-Level Correlates of Workplace Social Capital by Country
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2.5.3 What Do These Comparisons Indicate?2.5.4 What Can We Learn from These Findings?; 2.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Social Capital in Schools; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Social Capital in the Family and Neighborhood Contexts and Well-Being Among Children and Adolescents; 3.3 Why Are Schools an Important Context for Understanding Social Capital?; 3.3.1 Financial Capital and Human Capital in School; 3.3.2 What Is Social Capital in School?; 3.4 School Social Capital and Student Outcomes: The Evidence; 3.4.1 Academic Achievement and Social Adjustment; 3.4.2 Health and Health Risk Behaviors
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3.4.3 Effects of School Social Capital on Teachers3.5 How Can Social Capital Among Young People Be Generated and Maintained?; 3.6 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 4: Causal Inference in Social Capital Research; 4.1 Threats to Causal Inference; 4.2 Analytical Approaches to Address the Endogeneity of Social Capital; 4.2.1 Instrumental Variable Estimation; 4.2.2 Case Example of IV Estimation: The Taketoyo Intervention Study; 4.2.3 Summary of Social Capital Research Utilizing the IV Estimation Approach; 4.2.4 Tests of Validity of IV Estimates
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4.2.5 Experimental Manipulation of Social Capital4.3 Fixed-Effects Models; 4.4 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 5: Contextual Determinants of Community Social Capital; 5.1 Analytical Framework of Social Capital and Its Determinants; 5.2 Previous Studies on the Contextual Determinants; 5.2.1 Urbanization and Suburbanization; 5.2.2 Walkability; 5.2.3 Historical Development; 5.3 Some Challenges for Further Study; 5.3.1 Geographical Contexts; 5.3.2 Geographic Scales; 5.4 Policy Implications; 5.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Neighborhood Social Capital and Crime; 6.1 Introduction
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6.2 The Relationship Between Social Capital and Crime
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