Autore	Krishna Anirudh
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Columbia University Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (267 p.)
Disciplina	302 306.3
Soggetto topico	Economic development Economic development -- Social aspects Social aspects Social capital (Sociology) Sociology & Social History Social Sciences Social Change
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Can Social Capital Help Support Development and Democracy?; 2. How Might Social Capital Matter?; 3. Structre and Agency: New Political Entrepreneurs and the Rise of Village-Based Collective Action; 4. Measuring Social Capital; 5. Understanding Economic Development: Why Do Some Villages Develop Faster than Others?; 6. Examining Community Harmony: Why Are Some Villages Peaceful and Others Not?; 7. Democratic Participation in Rural North India: Social Capital and New Political Entrepreneurs; 8. Conclusion; APPENDICES; A: Methodology B: Details of 60 Villages in RajasthanC: Map of Village Balesariya; Notes; References; Index
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Autore	Castrignanò Marco
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Milano : , : Franco Angeli, , 2022
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (154 pages)
Disciplina	302
Collana	Sociologia del territorio
Soggetto topico	Social capital (Sociology)
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	ita
Nota di contenuto	1. The Wire: tra sociologia delle povertà urbane e politica, pag. 9 -- 1. The Wire: fiction e sociologia » 9 -- 2. The Wire: Structural forces e capitale sociale » 11 -- 3. Concentrazione della povertà, neighborhood effect, razza e cultura in The Wire » 13 -- 4. Politica e sociologia: deconcentrare la povertà urbana » 16 -- Riferimenti bibliografici » 22 -- 2. Quando una serie tv si fa campo: note di metodo per il laboratorio etnografico su The Wire, » 25 -- 1. La metodologia adottata, ovvero come rendere The Wire un campo di indagine etnografica » 27 -- 2. L'architettura del testo » 30 -- 3. I personaggi principali » 31 -- 3. Il contesto urbano di riferimento: la città di Baltimora, di Teresa Carlone » 35 -- Introduzione » 35 -- 1. Evoluzione storica, sociale e territoriale della città » 36 -- 1.1. Sistema scolastico e socio-sanitario » 40 -- 1.2. Disuguaglianze e criminalità » 42 -- 1.3. Questione abitativa e dinamiche di segregazione razziale » 43 -- 2. La Baltimora di The Wire pag. 47 -- Riferimenti bibliografici » 50 -- 4. Running nowhere. Il quartiere come trappola, di Virginia Pignata, Caterina Rettore, Benedetta Tamelli, Martina Tondelli, Roberto Villa » 51 -- 1. Neighborhood effects: una ricostruzione della letteratura » 51 -- 2. Il quartiere come unità di analisi » 52 -- 2.1. I meccanismi degli effetti di quartiere » 53 -- 2.2. Criticità della ricerca e sfide future » 56 -- 3. Gli effetti di quartiere in The Wire » 58 -- 3.1. Il ruolo dello spazio nella costruzione sociale degli effetti di quartiere: panoramiche di Baltimora » 58 -- 3.2. Limite fisico e psicologico della propria località » 59 -- 3.3. Legame affettivo e identitario con il luogo » 60 -- 3.4. Senso di inadeguatezza fuori dal quartiere » 61 -- 3.5. Determinismo biografico » 62 -- 3.6. Il quartiere come trappola » 62 -- 3.7. "Thin line between heaven and here" » 63 -- 4. Meccanismi geografico-istituzionali » 64 -- 4.1. Mancanza di opportunità lavorative » 64 -- 4.2. Welfare alternativo » 65 -- 4.3. Confinamento spaziale delle prospettive » 66 -- 4.4. Mediazione genitoriale » 67 -- 4.5. Legal cynicism » 68 -- 4.6. Visione stigmatizzante del quartiere » 69 -- 4.7. Opposizione culturale e inadeguatezza dell'educazione formale » 69 -- 5. Meccanismi socioculturali » 70 -- 5.1. Aspirazioni limitate » 70 -- 5.2. Esposizione alla violenza » 71 -- 5.3. Clima normativo sanzionante » 72 -- Conclusioni » 73 -- Riferimenti bibliografici » 76 -- 5. È uno schifoso gioco di numeri, di Livia Massari, pag. 81 -- 1. "Chi ha costruito la propria fortuna sui numeri non li abbandona". La produzione sociale delle statistiche urbane e i suoi effetti » 81 -- 2. "Questo genere di variazione mi sa di manipolazione ... " » 87 -- 2.1. Dialoghi istituzionali della polizia » 87 -- 2.2. Dialoghi privati tra poliziotti » 89 -- 2.3. Scene politiche » 90 -- 3. Per concludere: "è uno schifoso gioco di numeri" » 92 -- Riferimenti bibliografici » 94 -- Sitografia » 95 -- 6. "Un posto dove vivere come uno qualsiasi". Struttura, agency e cultura della povertà in The Wire » 97 -- Introduzione » 97 -- 1. Structural forces e agency » 97 -- 2. La cultura della povertà: origini, caratteristiche e dibattito » 101 -- 3. La cultura del ghetto come esito della segregazione » 103 -- 4. Indagare il rapporto tra structural forces, cultura e agency attraverso le traiettorie biografiche dei personaggi di The Wire » 105 -- 4.1. Omar, Michael, Stringer Bell: influenza reciproca tra struttura e agency » 106 -- 4.2. Namond, Cutty, Bubbles: l'intervento cruciale di un attore esterno » 112 -- 4.3. D'Angelo, Randy, Dukie: il fallimento o l'assenza di un intervento esterno » 119 -- 5. "Funziona così se hai deciso di vivere in strada". Cultura della povertà e cultura del Ghetto in The Wire » 127 -- 5.1. "Quello che abbiamo vissuto, come l'abbiamo vissuto" » 128 -- 5.2. "Fai più piano! Ci stanno guardando tutti": alcuni elementi della cultura del ghetto » 130 -- Riferimenti bibliografici » 132 -- Copyright © 2022 Marco Castrignanò, Carolina Mudan Marelli, Teresa Carlone. ISBN -- 7. "Senza l'organizzazione la famiglia sarebbe rovinata". Prospettive sul concetto di capitale sociale, di Federica Neo, 137 -- 1. Definizione del concetto di capitale sociale » 137 -- 2. Tipi di capitale sociale nella serie tv The Wire » 138 -- 3. Capitale sociale e strutture sociali generatrici » 142 -- 4. Povertà e capitale sociale » 147 -- Conclusioni » 152 -- Riferimenti bibliografici » 153 -- Sitografia » 154.
Altri titoli varianti	All in the Game
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Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , c2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (168 pages)
Disciplina	305
Collana	Studies over politieke vernieuwing
Soggetto topico	Social capital (Sociology) Equality Democracy
ISBN	1-281-97272-X 9786611972721 90-485-0150-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	dut
Nota di contenuto	Verantwoording; 1 In het jaar 2034. Inleiding; 2 Competitie op alle fronten; 3 Meritocratie en de erosie van zelfrespect; 4 Verdient Oprah wel wat ze verdient?; 5 De diplomademocratie; 6 Meetlust: de wil tot meten; 7 Naar een aidocratie. Conclusies
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Autore	Burt Ronald S
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (294 p.)
Disciplina	302.3/501
Collana	Clarendon lectures in management studies series
Soggetto topico	Social capital (Sociology)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-90478-X 0-19-153034-4 1-4356-0706-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Table of Contents; Figures; Tables; Introduction; 1. The Social Capital of Structural Holes; 2. Creativity and Learning; 3. Closure, Trust, and Reputation; 4. Closure, Echo, and Rigidity; 5. Images of Equilibrium; References; Index;
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Autore	Chen Yunsong <1975->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (485 pages)
Disciplina	363
Soggetto topico	Infrastructure (Economics) Social capital (Sociology)
ISBN	9789811959127 9789811959110
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- References -- Part I Causality in Social Capital Studies -- 2 On Endogeneity Problems: Challenges and Strategies of Causal Inference -- 1 Identification Challenges and Strategies -- Omitted Variable Bias -- Self-Selection Bias -- Sample-Selection Bias -- Simultaneity Bias -- 2 New Identification Methods -- Regression Discontinuity -- Randomized Experiment -- Difference-in-Differences Estimator -- Endogenous Switching Regression -- References -- 3 Placing Causality at the Heart of Social Capital Research: A Literature Review -- 1 A Literature Review of Three Strands -- Estimating the Treatment Effects of Using Contacts -- Estimating the Effects of the Used Social Capital -- Estimating the Effects of Accessed Social Capital -- The Exogenous Effects of Accessed Social Capital -- The Endogenous Effects of Accessed Social Capital -- 2 Discussion -- References -- Untitled -- Part II Contact Usage and Resources -- 4 Using Contacts is Hardly Beneficial: The Treatment Effects of Using Social Capital -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 The First-Difference Model -- 4 Results from the GDR Data -- 5 Results from the Chinese Data -- 6 Further Discussion -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Contact Resources and Homophily Both Pay Off: The Effects of Used Social Capital -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Mouw-Lin Debate: A Critical Review -- Homophily as Confounder: Mouw's Challenge -- Questionable Operationalization of Homophily: Lin's Refutation -- Revisiting the Debate: Occupational Homophily as a Moderator -- 3 Replication and Extension -- Beyond the "Same-Occupation" Tangle: Model Identification Issues -- 4 Models and Strategies -- The Case of the GDR -- The Case of China -- 5 Heterophily Versus Homophily in the Selection of Network Members. 6 Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Part III Network Resources -- 6 Village Networks and Migrants' Salaries the Impact of Acquaintance Networks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- Origin-Based Networks and Job-Seeking -- Village Outflow as the Origin-Based Migration Network -- Migration as a Selection Process -- 3 Models and Identification Issues -- Sources of Endogeneity -- Heckman's Two-Stage Approach -- Natural Disaster as the IV -- OLS, Heckit and IV Models -- 4 Data and Variables -- Definition of Migration -- Dependent Variable -- Independent Variable -- IV and Regional Dummies -- Other Controls -- 5 Estimation Results -- 6 Interpretation of the IV Estimate -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Colleague Networks and Wages: The Influence of Occupational Interactions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Occupational Interaction: A Social Capital Inside/Outside the Workplace -- Theoretical Context of Occupational Interaction -- The Function of Occupational Interaction -- Concepts of Internal/Outward Occupational Interactions -- Three Hypotheses of Occupational Interaction -- 3 Omitting Variables: Causal Inference Strategy -- 4 Data Variables: First Job and Present Job -- Dependent Variable -- Occupational Interaction -- Control Variable -- Demographic Characteristics -- Unit Characteristics -- Occupational Stigma -- 5 Analysis and Results -- Benchmark Difference Model -- Precise Difference Model -- Marketization Discrepancies in the Rate of Return of Occupational Interaction -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- 8 Friendship Networks and Job Status: The Role of Educational Attainments of Friends -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- The Selection Problem in the Literature -- Job-Seeking and Network Resources in China -- 3 Models and Methods -- 4 Data and Variables -- Network Resource Measure -- Labour Market Outcomes -- Other Controls -- Instrumental Variable. 5 Results from Single-Equation Models -- 6 Results from IV Models -- 7 Interpretation and Discussion -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Beyond Labour Markets -- 9 Guanxi and Associations Both Affect Political Trust: Informal and Formal Ties -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Social Connections and Political Trust -- Formal Social Ties and Political Trust -- Informal Social Ties and Political Trust -- 3 Symbiotic Sphere: State-Dominant Associations in China -- 4 Provisional Publics: Guanxi-Based Networks in China -- 5 Hypotheses -- 6 Data, Variables, and Method -- Political Trust -- Social Trust and Interpersonal Trust -- Associational Involvement -- Guanxi Networking -- Other Variables -- Estimation Strategies -- 7 Results of Analyses -- 8 Instrumental Variable Analysis -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- 10 How Religion Affects Happiness: Social Networks Versus Social Status -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Religion and Subjective Well-Being -- 3 The Rise of Religion in the New China -- 4 Public and Private Practice Mechanisms in the New China -- 5 The Role of Subjective Status in the New China -- 6 Data, Variables, and Analytic Strategy -- 7 Results -- The Relationship Between Religion and Well-Being -- The Roles of Social Capital, Public, and Private Aspects -- The Mediating Role of Subjective Status -- The Issue of Reverse Causality -- Variation Across Religious Traditions -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Part V Miscellaneous -- 11 Identifying Typology of Tie Strength: A Latent Class Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Questions -- 3 Data and Method -- Latent Class Analysis -- Data Descriptions -- Tie Strength Measure -- Stratification and Job Outcomes Variables -- Control Variables -- 4 Results and Discussion -- Typology of Tie Strength -- Tie Strength Distributed by Class and Status -- Middling Ties and Job Outcomes -- Mechanism of Middling Ties. 5 Conclusion -- References -- 12 Toward a Dynamic Model: Habitus, Fields, and a Tale of Two Manchus -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reflecting Social Capital -- Transmutations of Fortune of Nian -- A Fictive Seminar on Nian's Social Capital -- Unveiling Interactions Between Nian and Yong -- 3 Constructivism as the Ignored Side -- Split Between Objectivity and Subjectivity -- Habitus and Fields -- Rethinking Social Capital -- 4 Establishing a Cumulative Psychological Scheme -- Evaluated Distribution of Initial Event -- Evaluated Distribution of Accumulated Events -- 5 Toward a Dynamic Model -- Re-Conceptualizing Social Capital -- References -- Part VI Coda -- 13 Conclusions and Future Directions -- 1 Empirical Findings -- 2 Limitations -- 3 Extension -- References -- Appendix -- Part G the OProbit Model and IV-O Probit Model Predicting Political Trust -- References -- Index.
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