03655nam 22006255 450 991033772370332120200704130754.03-319-91180-510.1007/978-3-319-91180-9(CKB)4100000004974499(MiAaPQ)EBC5437392(DE-He213)978-3-319-91180-9(EXLCZ)99410000000497449920180626d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSocial Capital in American Life[electronic resource] /by Brian J. Jones1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Pivot,2019.1 online resource (214 pages)Includes index.3-319-91179-1 1. What Are They Thinking? -- 2. The Model of Social Capital.-3. Work and Job Satisfaction -- 4. Family and Family Satisfaction -- 5. Voluntary Association and Trust -- 6. Social Networks and Happiness -- 7. Social Capital and Social Inequality -- 8. Media Matters -- 9. E Pluribus Duo -- 10. Social Capital in American Life.Is American society falling apart? Put this provocative question to people you know and you will encounter a disturbing number of affirmative answers. But beyond such emotional foreboding, how would one factually answer the question? In this book, Brian J. Jones poses the issue by first building a theoretically-based model of the guts of any living society—family, work, voluntary association and social networks. This model of social capital is then tested using some four decades of real-world data from the General Social Survey, the gold standard for modern survey research. This process here yields real answers about life in America. People are reallocating their commitments to family and work, to friends and neighbors. These changes are tied to Americans’ deepest motivations such as trust and happiness. Also unearthed are deep signs of societal divisions along the fault lines of education, marriage and race. Social Capital in American Life is a serious answer to a provocative—and very real—question.CultureSocial structureSocial inequalityQuality of lifeSocial sciences—PhilosophySociology—ResearchSociology of Culturehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22100Social Structure, Social Inequalityhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22010Quality of Life Researchhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X23000Social Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22140Research Methodologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22190Culture.Social structure.Social inequality.Quality of life.Social sciences—Philosophy.Sociology—Research.Sociology of Culture.Social Structure, Social Inequality.Quality of Life Research.Social Theory.Research Methodology.302.0951Jones Brian Jauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut152346BOOK9910337723703321Social Capital in American Life2518918UNINA