Social Capital: A Theory of Social Structure and Action

Part I. Theory and Research: 1. Theories of capital: the historical foundation 2. Social capital: capital captured through social relations 3. Resources, hierarchy, networks, and homophily: the structural foundation 4. Resources, motivations, and interactions: the action foundation 5. The theory and theoretical propositions 6. Social capital and status attainment: a research tradition 7. Inequality in social capital: a research agenda Part II. Conceptual Extensions: 8. Social capital and the emergence of social structure: a theory of rational choice 9. Reputation and social capital: the rational basis for social change 10. Social capital in hierarchical structures 11. Institutions, networks and capital building 12. Cybernetworks and the global village: the rise of social capital Part III. Epilogue: 13. The future of the theory.