ISBN:
9780203104743
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9780415595223
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 171 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge Contemporary China Series
Series Statement:
Routledge Contemporary China Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Social Capital and Institutional Constraints : A Comparative Analysis of China, Taiwan and the US
DDC:
302.3
Keywords:
Social capital (Sociology) - Taiwan
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Social capital (Sociology) - Taiwan
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
The sociological concept of social capital has grown in popularity in recent years and research programs in North America, Europe, and East Asia have demonstrated how social capital has a significant impact on occupational mobility, community building, social movement, and economic development. This book uses new empirical data to test how social capital works in different societies with diverse political-economic and cultural institutions. Taking a comparative approach, this study focuses on data from three different societies, China, Taiwan, and the United States, in order to reveal the inte
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Social Capital and Institutional Constraints: A Comparative analysis of China, Taiwan and the US; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. A comparative study of social capital; 2. Accessed and activated social capital; 3. Institutional constraints; 4. Theoretical models and hypotheses; 5. Data, methods, and measures; 6. Accessed social capital among the three societies; 7. Social capital and status attainment; 8. Social capital and institutional constraints; Appendix A: Identical module of position generators in the three societies
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix B: Survey questions of a position generator (nurse)Appendix C: Types of community organizations in the three societies; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Available via World Wide Web
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