"This volume is a collection of original studies based on one of the first research programs on comparative analysis of social capital. Data are drawn from national representative samples of the United States, China and Taiwan. The three societies selected for study allow the examination of how political-economic regimes (command versus market) and cultural factors (family centrality versus diverse social ties) affect the characteristics of social ties and social networks from which resources are accessed and mobilized"--
This volume is a collection of original studies based on one of the first research programs on comparative analysis of social capital. Data are drawn from national representative samples of the United States, China and Taiwan. The three societies selected for study allow the examination of how political-economic regimes (command versus market) and cultural factors (family centrality versus diverse social ties) affect the characteristics of social ties and social networks from which resources are accessed and mobilized.
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Availability of Data Sets and Code Books |
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| Introduction |
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1 Social Capital in a Comparative Perspective |
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PART I Measuring Social Capital |
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2 Contact Status and Finding a Job: Validation and Extension |
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3 Homophily and Heterophily in the Position-Generated Networks in the U.S. and China |
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4 Status-Based Differential Memory and Measurement of Social Capital: Recall Errors and Bias Estimates |
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PART II Endogeneity of Social Capital: Structural and Network Features |
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5 Similarities and Differences in Relation-Specific Social Resources Among Three Societies: Taiwan, China and the United States |
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6 How Social Capital Changes During One's Current Job: Work Conditions and Contact Patterns |
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7 Occupational Sex Composition, Cultural Contexts and Social Capital Formation: Cases of the United States and Taiwan |
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8 The Internet Implications for Social Capital: Stock, Changes and Tie Strength |
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PART III Accessing and Mobilizing Social Capital: Institutional, Networking and Organizational Factors |
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9 Job Search Chains and Embedded Resources: A Comparative Analysis Among Taiwan, China and the US |
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10 Network and Contact Diversities in Race and Gender and Status Attainment in the United States |
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11 The Road to Democracy: A Three-Society Comparison of Civic Network Structures |
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PART IV Social Capital and Well-Being |
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12 Social Capital in the Workplace and Health Disruptions: A Cross-National Investigation |
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13 Bright and Dark Sides of Who You Know in the Evaluation of Well-Being: Social Capital and Life Satisfaction Across Three Societies |
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| Appendix I Social Capital USA 2004 Telephone Interview Questionnaire |
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| Appendix II Sample Characters for U.S., Taiwan and China 2004--2005 Social Capital Surveys |
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| Bibliography |
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| Contributors |
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| Index |
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Nan Lin is Oscar L. Tang Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Duke University, and was Distinguished Research Fellow at Academia Sinica at the time of the reported research program.
Yang-chih Fu is research fellow in the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
Chih-Jou Jay Chen is Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology of Academia Sinica, a jointly appointed Associate Professor at the Institute of Sociology, National Tsing Hua University, and Director of the Center for Contemporary China, National Tsing Hua University.
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