Social capital : theory, measurement and outcomes / C. Douglas Johnson, editor.

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SOCIAL CAPITAL: THEORY, MEASUREMENT AND OUTCOMES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; NOTES; REFERENCES; PART I. THEORY AND MEASURMENT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL; Chapter 1: WHO GAINS RESOURCES FROM WHICH SOCIAL CAPITAL? A MATHEMATICAL REVIEW ; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. RESOURCES; 3. SOCIAL CAPITAL AND TRUST; 4. THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL; 5. SOCIAL CAPITAL AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN IMPROVING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: AN ANALYSIS OF INTERACTION EFFECTS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION.

MODEL FORMULATIONCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: THE ROLE OF ""WHO"" IN SOCIAL CAPITAL FORMATION: LINKING ""WHO YOU ARE"" AND ""WHO YOU KNOW""; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; OPERATIONALIZING SOCIAL CAPITAL; DEMOGRAPHIC AND DISPOSITIONAL ATTRIBUTES AS ANTECEDENTS TO SOCIAL CAPITAL FORMATION; PLAUSIBLE THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR SCF DIFFERENCES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: ASSESSING THE SOCIAL CAPITAL CONSTRUCT: NEW EVIDENCE ON ITS MULTIDIMENSIONALITY ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE SOCIAL CAPITAL: ANTECEDENTS AND CONCEPT; THE DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL.

ASSESSING THE DIMENSIONALITY OF THE SOCIAL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTMEASURES; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: DEVELOPING SOCIAL CAPITAL: METHODOLOGY, RESULTS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS; ABSTRACT; THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE UNEQUAL WEALTH OF NATIONS; THE RELATIONAL DIMENSION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL; THE ORGANIZATIONAL DIMENSION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL; MEASURING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPITAL; THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL DIMENSION; MEASURING INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL; ANTISOCIAL CAPITAL; MEASURING THE COST OF ANTISOCIAL CAPITAL.

LESSONS FROM THREE PRACTICAL CASES: TURNING SOCIAL CAPITAL INTO SOCIAL PERFORMANCE IN ARGENTINA, MEXICO AND PANAMACONCLUSION; REFERENCES; PART II. OUTCOMES OF SOCIAL CAPITAL; Chapter 6: WHEN DISASTER STRIKES ... HOW COMMUNITIES COPE AND ADAPT: A SOCIAL CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; 'WHEN WE SAY SOCIAL CAPITAL WE MEAN ... '; COPING WITH DISASTERS: THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE; SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE MANAGEMENT OF DISASTERS; DISASTER RESPONSE; DISASTER RECOVERY; DISASTER PREVENTION AND MITIGATION; DISASTER PREPARATION.

THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE: A FRAMEWORK FOR ACTIONCONCLUSION; AREAS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: WHAT MEANS ""PARTICIPATION"" AS A MEASURE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN JAPANESE NEIGHBORHOODS CONTEXT?; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: FAMILIES, RECIPROCAL CARE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; SOCIAL CAPITAL CASE STUDY: NORTH EASTERN VICTORIA AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE OF RECIPROCITY; MOTHERHOOD AND SOCIAL EXCHANGE; MOBILIZING CARE AND SUPPORT WHEN CHILDREN ARE YOUNG.

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