Dissertations / Theses: 'Social capital (Sociology)'

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Andersson, Anton. "Inequality in the Distribution of Social Capital : Social background factors and access to social capital among labor market entrants." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-89648.

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This thesis examines the relation between ascribed factors and the distribution of social capital among young adults. Information about the type of ties used in access to social capital is utilized to provide an understanding of the social contexts and mechanisms that play a role in the creation of social capital. The study measures social capital with a position generator methodology and utilizes the first wave of the Swedish LIFINCON survey, which is a study of 19 year olds of Iranian, Yugoslavian and Swedish origin. The results show that having socioeconomically advantaged parents and living in a large city region is associated with higher levels of social capital. Gender differences are found in the accessed range of social capital as women more often reached positions with the lowest prestige value. Background in Iran or Yugoslavia has a positive effect on social capital and parents’ class position in the country of origin is important for their children’ social capital. It is argued that social closure and social distance can explain why social background is important in determining access to high prestige social capital and that the composition of an individual network is affected by the average resources in a “group” or region.

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Rivera, Sylvia Manzano. "Mas capital: Latino politics and social capital." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290148.

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This study examines the role of social capital in the political life of Latinos in the United States. I consider the likelihood that Latinos accumulate and utilize social capital differently than the dominant political science literature has suggested. Most social capital research has examined the majority population and the participatory outcomes of their network resources. For Latinos, social capital is complicated by ethnicity. Latino social networks and political participation can occur in two different ethnic contexts: one which is exclusively Latino and one which is dominated by the majority, Anglo population. Using Robert Putnam's definition and classification of social capital, I examine how the three largest Latino national origin groups accumulate social capital and participate in the American political system. Ultimately I examine not only how much social capital exists among Latinos, but also how it functions for them. This dissertation engages in testing and building upon social capital theory by examining its five components and its bifurcated nature. This dissertation offers a full analysis of social capital presence and performance among Latinos. First I examine social capital accumulation among Latinos. Then I explore how social capital operates in the context of political participation. I find clear evidence of two types of social capital: bridge and bond. I find that Latinos are accumulating both bond and bridge social capital, and levels of political activity are highly affected by these resources. National origin, nativity, gender and language largely influence how Latinos accumulate and employ their social capital resources. Foreign born, female and Spanish dominant Latinos have their social capital more densely concentrated among co-ethnics. The implications of the differing levels of bond and bridge social capital resources in the political setting are varied. My analysis indicates that bridge social capital has consistently strong and positive effects on Latino political participation in any ethnic political context. Bond social capital generally has a positive impact on Latino participation as well, though not as consistent as bridge capital. Social capital theory does indeed help explain some of the uniqueness found in Latino political behavior.

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Sandovici, Maria Elena. "Social capital and political action." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2005.

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McAslan, Erika Jane. "Social capital and poverty alleviation in Barbados." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251667.

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Braudt, David B. "Breaking Down Barriers of Space: Correlations and Connections between Online Social Capital, Offline Social Capital, Community Attachment, and Community Satisfaction." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5239.

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With Internet access and use becoming nearly ubiquitous aspects of an individual’s experience of everyday life, sociologists must consider how the Internet is transforming an individual's experience of community. This study examines the connections between place-independent forms of social capital actuated online, place-dependent forms of social capital actuated face-to-face, and individuals' perceptions of community attachment and community satisfaction. Moving from a theoretical foundation to empirical evidence, I show the concepts of bonding and bridging social capital can and should be divided based upon the medium through which they are actuated. I then explore the effect of online and offline forms of bonding and bridging social capital on individuals' perceptions of community attachment and community satisfaction. Based on data from 52 communities in Montana, collected in 2012, the results indicate that a significant distinction exists between online and offline social capital and that online social capital is capable, to a limited degree, of ameliorating some of the consequences of geographic isolation, or distance, experienced by many residents of rural communities. The results also indicate that while online actuations of social capital are statistically and substantively important in explaining individuals' perceptions of community, offline actuations of social capital are associated with larger substantive impacts on individuals' perceptions of community attachment and community satisfaction, suggesting that while online social capital is an important part of how individuals experience community, face-to-face, or offline actuations of social capital are more important in determining how individuals perceive the geographically fixed communities in which they reside.

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Dobey, Blane R. "Social capital and high school football: a game plan for the development of human and cultural capital." FIU Digital Commons, 1998. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3068.

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The origin of this study was twofold: a concern for the lack of human and cultural capital in many of today's adolescents and a desire to understand the role that athletic participation plays in this situation. The focus of this study is to examine the development of human and cultural capital in the Black male adolescent as a result of his participation in the high school football program. This study is based on a year-long ethnography in three Miami-Dade County high school football programs. Specifically, the social capital and the resources it makes available in each football program was examined as a significant variable in the development of human and cultural capital in the adolescent. It is my hope that this study contributes to the understanding of the process and outcome of athletic participation.

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Miller, Camille. "Patterns of Social Participation: Assessing the Long-Term Effects of Creating Social Capital." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2587.pdf.

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Neilson, Lisa Anne. "Social capital and political consumerism: a multilevel analysis." Connect to resource, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1156951934.

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Stelfox, Kevin. "Young people, social capital and schools." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2016. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=230768.

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This research focuses on social relationships within a school context and explores how social relationships within that context contribute to the production and reproduction of inequalities. The research draws on Bourdieu's work and examines the key role of schools in reproducing social and cultural inequalities (Bourdieu 1998). The research explores the process of producing and reproducing inequalities from the perspective of the young people. The study uses the lens of social capital to investigate how social relationships in the form of social capital practices operate within the classroom and the wider school context. While acknowledging structural and cultural dimensions highlighted by Bowles and Gintis (1977) and Willis (1981), I seek to explore how the social relationships between young people in a school context contribute to well documented educational inequalities. I argue that Bourdieu's theoretical framework offers the opportunity to explore relationships by placing social capital in relation to other capitals (economic and cultural) and to locate practices of everyday life, thus linking micro-social and macro-social structural factors. The starting position of this research focuses on the micro, i.e., the individual pupils as active agents in relation to social capital within the school context, before locating it within a wider macro context. The research uses a sequential mixed method design collecting data on the participant's social networks and exploring social practices with semi structured interviews. The research highlights how education and schooling produce and reproduce inequalities in and through the two case study sites.

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Tegegne, Mesay Andualem. "Social capital and immigrant integration: the role of social capital in labor market and health outcomes." Diss., University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6304.

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This dissertation presents three empirical studies on the distribution and role of social capital among immigrants in the United States. Using data from two national datasets – the New Immigrant Survey (NIS 2003, 2007) and the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey (SCCBS 2000) – it examines the implications of social capital for immigrants’ social and economic integration. In doing so, it addresses several key limitations within migration research. The first limitation it addresses is the focus of prior research on migrants’ co-ethnic (bonding) social capital and the limited research on immigrants’ “bridging” social capital and distributional inequities across immigrant groups. Second, while most research has focused on role of social capital in economic integration, relatively little is known about the short-run and long-term implications of immigrants’ social capital for their health and well-being. Third, prior research has generally focused on specific immigrant groups, particularly Hispanic and Asian immigrants, and it is unclear if prior findings are generalizable to immigrants overall or if they are simply capturing group and/or context-specific effects of social capital. This dissertation includes three studies that provide pieces of evidence that address these limitations and contribute to the migration literature. In the first study, I explore the link between race, immigration status and social network diversity. Using data on personal network characteristics from the SCCBS (2000), I examine the role of race and immigration status in the distribution of ethnicity and status-bridging social capital. Findings confirm the double disadvantage of minority and outsider status for minority immigrants when it comes to access to network diversity, which is to say group (i.e. race) differences in native-immigrant gaps in access to ethnicity-bridging social capital. The findings also show that this double disadvantage is explained away by group differences in network ethnic diversity, and that race and immigrant status are a factor in determining the return from network ethnic diversity in terms of network quality, which is reflective of the extant socioeconomic stratification system in the United States. In the second study, I use a nationally representative data of immigrants from the NIS (2003), to examine the link between reliance of new immigrants on “bonding” social capital for job search and two indicators of labor market performance: earnings and occupational prestige. I find that while using a “relative” to find a job generally has a negative effect on both earnings and occupational prestige, this effect is not shared across all immigrants, which explains inconsistent findings in prior studies of the role of co-ethnic social capital in the labor market outcomes of Hispanic and Asian immigrants. In the third study, I turn my attention to the immigrant health literature, which has largely focused on the acculturation-health relationship and largely ignored the significance of network processes, particularly the interethnic integration of new immigrants, for the short-term and long-term health outcomes of immigrants. I use longitudinal data from the NIS (2003, 2007), which includes various measures of health status and behaviors, and examine the contemporaneous and longitudinal associations between interethnic social capital and health. I find positive cross-sectional associations with negative health behaviors (smoking, drinking and dietary change), on the one hand, and positive long-term (lagged) effects on health status (self-rated health and the incidence of chronic diseases), on the other. These results find evidence for the time-dependent health implications of interethnic network integration for the health status of immigrants in the United States.

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Milstein, Theresa V. "Community supported agriculture| Cultivating social capital." Thesis, Western Illinois University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1550530.

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U.S. citizens disengaged from politics and from each other in the latter half of the 20th century, which is evidence of decreased social capital and a weakening democracy. At the same time, small farms were lost at an alarming rate resulting in fewer farms and the rise of "Big Ag". Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) reconnects people to the food they eat and cultivates a community among the farmers and member-shareholders. CSA democratizes food for growers who are beholden to their members rather than to agribusiness, and for members who elect to support a CSA rather than purchase supermarket foods of unknown origin. This study used a survey of 132 CSA operators from across the United States to test whether operators who described "community" as a motivating factor to run a CSA and measured their success in terms of community took concrete actions to build social capital within their CSA and community. The findings revealed that "community" as a motivation and as a measure of success was significantly correlated with social capital building activities. More specifically, CSA operators who rated "Generating a sense of community" as an important motivation and "Community development/quality of life" as an important measure of success were more likely to survey their members as to their wants and needs, host open house events at the farm, participate in community events, and report that the CSA improved social capital in their communities. CSA could be one method to improve depleted social capital and cultivate food democracy.

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Beaubien, Brad M. "Community festivals and social capital." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1217382.

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This research examines the relationship between community festivals and social capital across time and place. Social capital includes the social networks, norms, and trust that enable groups of individuals to cooperate in pursuing shared objectives, and benefits accrue to both the individual and the community. Research shows the ancient Greek and American Indian civilizations relied on festivals for a variety of purposes relating to social capital, including the bridging of social divides, the transmission of cultural heritage, and the reinforcement of community identity. Today, research findings from five small town festivals in Indiana indicate a similar relationship with social capital. Festivals can bring a community together, offer a shared experience for a diverse group of people, build new relationships, and foster community pride and identity. As such, community festivals may serve as a tool for community planners in building or sustaining social capital in a community.
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Steil, Kim Marie. "Social capital determinants of environmentalism in spatial context." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2008. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-11072008-131723.

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Ouderkirk, Simon A. "Social capital and the third choice." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2008.

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Patulny, Roger Social Policy Research Centre Faculty of Arts &amp Social Sciences UNSW. "Society building - welfare, time and social capital." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Sociology, 2005. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/27431.

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Social capital is a relatively new concept compared to welfare, though debates on the advantages of different welfare regimes and the links between state provision and social participation are tentatively connecting the two areas. Esping-Andersen classifies welfare regimes into three types - market-focused liberal, status-focused corporatist, and equality-focused social democratic regimes. Each has been well studied with regards to the effects of commodification (market dependency), stratification (inequality and stigma), and familialisation (paternalistic family dependency). However, such focus largely upon economic rather than social concerns. This thesis examines the proposition that welfare can ???build society??? by promoting these social aspects otherwise known as social capital. The social capital concept has definition and measurement problems with causality and the capture of social activities rather than just norms. Acknowledging, this, social capital is preferably defined from the literature as norms of trust, networks of association membership, and practices of volunteering and socialising. A critical reading highlights the importance of separating bonding social capital, as captured in Bourdieu and Coleman???s exclusive networks, from bridging social capital, more akin to Putnam???s civil society and thus closer to social welfare. This thesis examines numerous empirical measures of bridging social capital, by looking at norms and networks through the World Values Survey, and practices through the Multinational Time Use Study across nine OECD countries. Results show that social democratic welfare regimes do promote social capital, with high levels of trust, membership and social activity. Corporatist welfare regimes show low but constant levels of social capital, whilst liberal welfare regimes have experienced declines in trust. Increasingly means-tested liberal regimes register high levels of commodification, with poor work-leisure balances, and are also more stratified with higher levels of inequality, whilst attitudes stigmatising immigrants and the poor are apparent amongst all less trusting countries. Familialisation is explicit in corporatist values and male/female work imbalances, and implicit in liberal values and poor family payments, with reduced social capital contributions from women as a result. Overall empirical testing of relations between welfare regimes and social capital show that both are linked most positively under universal rather than meanstested conditions.

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Fram, Maryah Stella. "Discussions of social capital : social work, social structure, and the contextualization of inequality /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11177.

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Rea-Holloway, Melinda Hughey Joseph. "What's the matter with social capital? an inductive examination /." Diss., UMK access, 2008.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Dept. of Psychology. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2008.
"A dissertation in community psychology." Advisor: Joseph B. Hughey. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Sept. 12, 2008 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-215). Online version of the print edition.

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Anderson, Paul D. Jr. "Rural Urban Differences in Educational Outcomes: Does Religious Social Capital Matter?" University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1430749911.

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Yucel, Deniz. "Number of Siblings, Social Skills, and Social Capital." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1322578334.

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D'Antonio, Virginia Katherine. ""Vetting" the American Dream| Nostalgia, Social Capital and Corvette Communities." Thesis, George Mason University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10604804.

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This research investigates the social organization of Corvette clubs and their membership in order to examine the wind of social change in community structures in American society during the period following industrial expansion. Specifically, this project examines the decline of traditional communities based on social ties formed through locale or productive work that have been replaced with communities based on common interests centered on consumption and leisure practice. Fragmentation of social ties among neighbors, families, and work, combined with the decline of participation in voluntary associations, reflect intensifying individualism. In spite of this age of social disconnection, the desire to find meaning and purpose through collective life remains. Today, much of the American individual’s social life occurs in relationships that are mediated by markets and products that are consumed individually and collectively. This ascendance of leisure and the expansion of consumer markets as core social institutions in modern life offer opportunity structures for social connections and involvement for informal groups of people with similar interests. Building off America’s preoccupation with cars as status symbols that are representative of progress, mobility, and individuality, this research explores the social world of Corvette owners. The cultural significance of the Corvette as America’s sports car is reflected in this mixed methods study of a brand community and its role in creating social capital and civic engagement for its members. The Corvette community reflects a strong social network built around the mystique and history of the car and is organized by rituals of consumption and productive activity that construct identity and cement relationships among fellow car enthusiasts. Early life experience and sentiments of nostalgia and patriotism are important in this car culture as they are a means by which the car becomes valuable to the owner as an individual, and in turn, strengthen the social ties that knit this community together. The subjective meaning of the car as related to generational influence, consumer advertising, aspirations, and collective identity will be explored in order to understand the consumer’s relationship with this cultural icon. Membership based around the emotional affect and sentiments produced by the Corvette will serve as a basis of analysis for consumer objects as potential liaisons for renewed civic engagement and social forms of citizenship in broader society.

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Penick, Jalandra Michelle. "Finances, Social Capital, and College Organizational Membership." TopSCHOLAR®, 2009. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/80.

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Stoltz, Dustin S. "Social capital and relational work| Uncertainty, distrust and social support in Azerbaijan." Thesis, Illinois State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1562504.

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Much of the social capital literature focuses on unambiguous social situations where actors share generalized trust or interpersonal trust. Drawing on in-depth fieldwork in northwest Azerbaijan, this thesis focuses instead on distrust and the negotiation of conflicting interpretations of shared norms within moments of informal social support. In such situations, participants engage in an on-going negotiation of the situation, drawing on available cultural conventions to make sense of situations and perform relational work. They ultimately create meaning out of on-going social interaction and accomplish locally viable forms of social support.

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Hao, Feng. "SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOLIDARITY, AND COHORT EFFECT —AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRODUCTION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL AMONG UNION MINERS IN HARLAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY." UKnowledge, 2011. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/117.

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The coal industry exercises a pervasive influence on mining communities in Appalachia, even though it exerts enormous damages on the environment and makes limited contributions to employment and the advancement of the communities. One explanation for this paradox offered by Bell is a depletion of social capital among coalfield residents in Central Appalachia (2009). Her data suggests that the “ripping away” of the region’s strong union identity lead to a resocialization, “from a ‘we’ mentality to an ‘I’ mentality, thus demising the store of social capital” (2009:655). My research aims to interpret how social capital resources among union miners was translated to solidarity in the mining community, and how the union generated social capital and fostered solidarity among miners and their families. This research finds that the union was both a creator and a preserver of social capital. The coalfield residents demonstrated a high degree of social capital and solidarity in terms of a sense of reliability, dedication to collective activities, and intimate extended networks. Furthermore, the union’s strategies of holding regular meetings, organizing large-scale strikes, promoting collective identity, securing public benefits, and electing charismatic leaders were of great significance for the production of both social capital and solidarity.

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Oliveira, Carina Dantas de [UNESP]. "Travestilidade e juventudes: conteúdos submersos no contexto escolar." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/115865.

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Hoje a escola se apresenta como um “novo cenário” de inserção de jovens que desde muito cedo se identificam travestis. Essa realidade aponta para uma transformação profunda nas características comuns que formavam o universo das travestis brasileiras, que viam na prostituição a única forma de estarem inseridas na sociedade. Regularidades tendem apontar que algumas mudanças foram primordiais para esse processo, hoje corpos mais plásticos, naturais, forjados a partir de tecnologias menos invasivas, bem como, a possibilidade de transitarem entre estar vestido de mulher ou não, prática somente possível nas gerações atuais, e que fazem com que as travestis ocupem cada vez mais espaços no cenário social Portanto, a pesquisa pretende compreender a partir de mudanças já pontuadas , como é a trajetória escolar e social de um sujeito que se intitula travesti nos dias de hoje . O recurso metodológico seguirá a Luz da teoria sociológica de Pierre Bourdieu que busca identificar o habitus primário, o capital cultura, social e econômico que asseguram nesse sujeito sua longevidade escolar. O estudo da trajetória foi realizado através da análise dos relatos desse agente e permitiu identificar as práticas, estratégias e expectativas que marcaram a sua trajetória escolar
Today, the school presents itself as a new scenario insertion of young people who identify very early transvestites. This reality points to a profound transformation in the common characteristics that formed the universe of Brazilian transvestites, who saw in prostitution the only way of being inserted into society. Regularities tend to point out that some changes were crucial to this process, now more plastic bodies, natural, forged from less invasive technologies, as well as the possibility of transitioning between being dressed as a woman or not, can only practice on current generations, and that make transvestites increasingly occupy spaces on the social scene Therefore, the research aims to understand from changes already scored, how is school and social trajectory of a guy who calls himself a transvestite today. The methodological approach will follow the Light of Pierre Bourdieu's sociological theory that seeks to identify the primary habitus, capital, culture, social and economic ensuring that your school subject longevity. The study of the trajectory was performed by analysis of reports and allowed this agent to identify the practices, strategies and expectations that marked his school career

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Oliveira, Carina Dantas de. "Travestilidade e juventudes : conteúdos submersos no contexto escolar /." Araraquara, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/115865.

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Orientador: Luci Regina Muzzetti
Banca: Andreza Marques Castro Leão
Banca: Fábio Reina
Resumo: Hoje a escola se apresenta como um "novo cenário" de inserção de jovens que desde muito cedo se identificam travestis. Essa realidade aponta para uma transformação profunda nas características comuns que formavam o universo das travestis brasileiras, que viam na prostituição a única forma de estarem inseridas na sociedade. Regularidades tendem apontar que algumas mudanças foram primordiais para esse processo, hoje corpos mais plásticos, naturais, forjados a partir de tecnologias menos invasivas, bem como, a possibilidade de transitarem entre estar vestido de mulher ou não, prática somente possível nas gerações atuais, e que fazem com que as travestis ocupem cada vez mais espaços no cenário social Portanto, a pesquisa pretende compreender a partir de mudanças já pontuadas , como é a trajetória escolar e social de um sujeito que se intitula travesti nos dias de hoje . O recurso metodológico seguirá a Luz da teoria sociológica de Pierre Bourdieu que busca identificar o habitus primário, o capital cultura, social e econômico que asseguram nesse sujeito sua longevidade escolar. O estudo da trajetória foi realizado através da análise dos relatos desse agente e permitiu identificar as práticas, estratégias e expectativas que marcaram a sua trajetória escolar
Abstract: Today, the school presents itself as a "new scenario" insertion of young people who identify very early transvestites. This reality points to a profound transformation in the common characteristics that formed the universe of Brazilian transvestites, who saw in prostitution the only way of being inserted into society. Regularities tend to point out that some changes were crucial to this process, now more plastic bodies, natural, forged from less invasive technologies, as well as the possibility of transitioning between being dressed as a woman or not, can only practice on current generations, and that make transvestites increasingly occupy spaces on the social scene Therefore, the research aims to understand from changes already scored, how is school and social trajectory of a guy who calls himself a transvestite today. The methodological approach will follow the Light of Pierre Bourdieu's sociological theory that seeks to identify the primary habitus, capital, culture, social and economic ensuring that your school subject longevity. The study of the trajectory was performed by analysis of reports and allowed this agent to identify the practices, strategies and expectations that marked his school career
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Thiele, Sarah. "Social capital and state repression in Nigeria." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98586.

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This study seeks to explain the relationship between civic associations and attitudinal social capital---norms of trust and reciprocity---within the context of an authoritarian state. In contrast to many post-industrial nations, Nigeria boasts a vibrant civil society but seems to possess little attitudinal social capital. A deeper understanding of this relationship is offered by considering how an association's structure influences members' attitudes and how this relationship is impacted by a repressive regime. These relationships are tested using both statistical data and a qualitative study of three associations. The findings support the hypothesis that certain structural characteristics are more conducive to the fostering of attitudinal social capital but that the presence of state repression undermines this process. Furthermore, it is shown that pro-democracy associations are essential in creating the space necessary for trust and cooperation between citizens, even when they do not foster these norms amongst their own membership.

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Munasib, Abdul Baten Ahmed. "Lifecycle of social networks a dynamic analysis of social capital accumulation /." Connect to resource, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1121441394.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.
Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 130 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-130). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

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Leach, Brandi Lynn. "Gender, Social Capital and Migration from the Dominican Republic to the United States." NCSU, 2009. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11062009-095956/.

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Existing research argues that gender affects social capital usage in migration. The power perspective suggests that unequal power relationships encourage potential migrants to rely on social capital from members of the dominant group, typically men. Conversely, the homophily perspective posits that relatively equal power relations may allow a tendency for gender homophily in social capital use to become evident. Because evidence for the power perspective comes largely from Mexico and evidence for the homophily perspective comes from Thailand, these perspectives must be tested in an alternative national context to determine their generalizability and the extent to which power differentials mask a tendency towards gender homophily in migrant social networks. Using data on migration from the Dominican Republic to the United States, this paper finds limited support for the power perspective and no support for the homophily perspective.

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Domenichini, Eleanora. "Social capital in contemporary society decline or change : a project based upon an independent investigation /." Click here for text online. Smith College School for Social Work website, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/1028.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2007
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Social Work. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-64)

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Ma, Po-shan Cathy. "Commons-based peer production and Wikipedia social capital in action /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B37848732.

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Jacobsohn, Stacey A. "Stories of money| Building social capital through time banking." Thesis, Gonzaga University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1553081.

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This study explored communication and ethical investment in social capital to improve quality of life through the lens of time banking, a model of alternative currency. Previous studies of time banking noted a distinct set of characteristics of time banks that contrast with capitalist-based systems while using similar language; these were compared to research of social capital and social networks. Seven participants were interviewed at-length as representatives of the time bank movement. Stories of money framed theoretical constructs in practice on a daily basis and future visioning of the movement. Further analysis using the dialogic ethic of Martin Buber and the theory of the coordinated management of meaning (CMM) of Pearce and Pearce described transformational patterns of communication in time banks. The analysis shed light on the intentions of time banks and the meaning of the terms reciprocity, community and co-construction of reality. Further explorations of transcendent stories of time banking were recommended.

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Winton, Ailsa. "Youth, social capital and social exclusion : examining the well-being of the young urban poor in Guatemala City." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.289190.

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Law, Pui Man. "Fostering knowledge contribution in online communities : and examination of social capital, social capital building, and the role of IT artifacts." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2012. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1395.

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Wang, Jong-Tian. "Exploring social capital and its political consequences the case of Taiwan /." access full-text online access from Digital dissertation consortium, 2002. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3064324.

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Steen-Johnsen, Tale. "Valuable relations? social capital in the urban informal fisheries sector, Kenya /." Connect to this title online, 2001. http://www.duo.uio.no/publ/sum/2001/35231/dt2001.04.steenjohnsen.pdf.

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Pinkston, Kevin Damone. "The role of social capital in racial differences in lawyer success." Diss., University of Iowa, 2013. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2609.

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The problem of the black-white gross earnings gap is near its largest amongst lawyers; blacks earn a significantly lower income than whites (Dinovitzer et al. 2004; Grodsky and Pager 2001). There is also a white advantage in overall job satisfaction amongst lawyers (Payne-Pikus et al. 2010; Dau-Schmidt and Mukhopadhaya 1999). This study examines how social capital contributes to racial differences in these two aspects of overall job success. Social capital theories hypothesize that more social capital leads to increased job status attainment (Lin et al. 1981; Lin 2001). Blacks receive fewer and lower paying jobs than whites, perhaps in part because of a lack of social capital in their lower status and segregated social networks (Braddock and McPartland 1987; Elliot 1999; although see Mouw (2003) for a challenge which showed little to no effect of the use of contacts on earnings). Similarly, Ducharme and Martin (2000) found that social relationships with co-workers increase overall job satisfaction. This project specifically examines social capital in the attorney job market, because this is a specific job market in which there are strong theoretical reasons to expect social capital to affect wages and job satisfaction. Using Portes' (1998) definition of social capital, the ability to secure benefits from one's social networks, I distinguish between three major social networks (professional, non-professional, and kinship), and then derive hypotheses about their effect on earnings and job satisfaction. The main hypothesis is that black and white differences in professional and non-professional networks account for part of the earnings and job satisfaction inequality between blacks and whites. The study also develops competing hypotheses to test the effect of kinship networks on job satisfaction. This study takes a mixed methods approach. Nationally representative longitudinal data from the After the Juris Doctorate Survey (AJD) test the hypotheses to see if there is an effect of social capital on earnings and satisfaction. Qualitative interviews seek to further investigate these relationships and look for emerging themes for racial differences in earnings and job satisfaction. The interviews take place with nine black and white lawyers in Chicago. The survey results reveal the significance of professional social capital networks in obtaining a higher salary among private firm attorneys. The effects of social capital do not vary across race. However, there are some black-white differences in the types of social capital used. The interview results reveal the significance of social capital in acquiring clients in small private firms, and of mentor-protégé relationships. Concluding remarks discuss the significance of professional and non-professional social capital in and beyond the legal profession, explanations for the higher levels of social capital in whites, and suggestions for ways to decrease these racial social capital disparities.

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Shideler, David Wayne. "Individual social capital : an analysis of factors influencing investment /." Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1121956017.

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Cevallos, Salgado Ricardo Xavier. "Rationalizing sociology as an educational strategy : Plurality of convictions and position-takings of sociology students in Swedish higher education." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-446507.

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The present study examines the choice for sociology as a subfield in Swedish higher education. In the Bourdieusian tradition, the theory of social practices – with its relational concepts of field, habitus and capital – was the sociological lens for constructing the object and instruments for tackling it. The emphasis was given to the subjective dimension: how students rationalize and strategize the decision for studying sociology, as a course or a program, in an educational choice that entails a mobilization of resources acquired in the past for anticipating the future. For this, qualitative interviewing enabled the production of narratives of 21 students at different Swedish universities, exploring assumptions and presuppositions deployed in their choice. Results suggest a complex construction of the choice for sociology as a meaningful and suitable decision, producing varied degrees of conviction in the subfield and position-takings in relation to its practice and representations. Different positions can be outlined depending on how sociology is understood: as a capital for a subsequent entry to different fields, a distinction emerges in the mode of appropriation between ‘specialization’ of those investing in programs and ‘generalization’ of those taking freestanding courses combined with other investments; a difference indicating a different degree of belief in the discipline and its inculcation translated into the time devoted for it. When sociology becomes a field, a distinction refers to the practice of sociology between an ‘academically oriented sociology’ concerned with research and teaching, and a ‘socially oriented sociology’ concerned with an engagement and contribution to people outside the academic space. Since sociology is a scientific field with relatively weak autonomy to external forces, a plurality of hierarchies characterizes a stake for defining its ultimate and legitimate value, offering multiple satisfactions according to varied strategies and aspirations. However, this should not conceal the academic roots of a discipline precisely institutionalized at universities and that may influence a hierarchical relation between the social and the academic in the sociological field.

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Rosendahl, Patricia. "Digital capital: a mode of bridging capital for immigrant and refugee population." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/3645.

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The resettlement of immigrant and refugee populations poses specific challenges to new host communities. Municipalities must find resources to assist these populations in transitioning into a new culture. Immediate needs are often adequate housing, health care, and primary schooling. While this transitioning process is still in play, the search for employment begins; often at the cost of consideration of longer-term needs, such as English or other host country language acquisition and planning for long-term career goals. Theorists in the field of social capital postulate that bonding and bridging social capital offers benefits for populations adjusting to new communities. Connections to like-minded individuals or pre-existing ethnic ties (bonding social capital) can provide support important to the well-being of individuals going through difficult social adjustments while connecting with new social groups (bridging social capital) can provide new information leading to expanding opportunities. The concept of bridging social capital for immigrant and refugee populations is the subject of this research study. It is situated within the context of our digital age in which information communication technology (ICT) is the primary mode of access to information and services. For the purpose of this thesis, the capability to exploit this mode of communication is thus identified as “digital capital.” As more and more governmental, educational, and social services are distributed within a technological environment, it is necessary to examine this mode of connection to information as a form of capital which can be viewed in a similar framework to other types of social capital. Access to technology and ICTs has been considered an integral element of the Development Goals as adopted by the United Nations for the Year 2000 Millennium Goals. Though later debates have questioned how ICTs may have benefited development goals, the pervasiveness of this form of information flow continues. Within Development Studies, Sen’s theory on the Capability Approach offers a valuable opportunity of connecting digital capital to development. Just as the Capabilities Approach accommodates the diversity of human values, characteristics, and functionings, so can digital capital provide flexibility through adaptation by the users to tailor the medium to meet specific needs. It is this freedom to adjust to individual needs and goals that allows this mode of bridging capital to hold a distinct advantage for immigrants and refugees who are searching for effective links into new social networks in the job search process. The role of the community college system has been at the forefront of providing educational training and social acclimation for this population in their quest for economic self-sufficiency in the resettlement process. A greater understanding of the role that technology plays in the success of immigrant and refugee resettlement is vitally important for the well-being of communities undergoing dynamic demographic change.

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Tocher, Neil. "New venture success the role of principal's social capital and social efectiveness /." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/07M%20Dissertations/TOCHER_NEIL_37.pdf.

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Steele, Frances A. "Knowledge networks, secondary schools and social capital." Thesis, View thesis, 2009. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/43849.

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This study investigates the links between secondary schools and organizations in one urban region of New South Wales. The questions that were addressed are as follows. What are the patterns of relationships by which secondary schools in a given local government area, gain access to knowledge? Which relationships do, or may, bring benefits to schools? What are the contingency factors associated with developing relationships to maximise access to knowledge? Knowledge exchange and acquisition by organizations are enhanced by structural, cognitive and relational forms of social capital. The study examines structural and relational aspects of social capital that enhance intellectual capital gain for secondary schools. The purpose of the study is to inform school personnel and policy makers about ways to enhance their knowledge networks and improve knowledge flows. Application of a network analysis approach to school-organizational connections brings a new perspective to this field of education research. The study makes an original contribution to educational theory in applying a systematic social capital based approach to an education context. Novel adaptations of existing organizational theory for educational settings are presented. Network analysis was situated within a relativist paradigm. Interviews, document collection and observation of events related to collaborative activities were used to gather information about aims, benefits and factors that enhance network formation. Data were analysed for betweenness, centrality and structural holes. Theories of inter-organizational interaction were applied, within a reflexive and iterative framework of analysis. Policy texts relating to network formation and maintenance were analysed and policy contribution to structural and cognitive (shared language and goals) aspects of social capital is elaborated. Secondary school egonets consisted of multiple links in diverse knowledge areas. Links were more likely to be located within the region and patterns were not related to homophily. A key finding is that time is a scarce resource in secondary schools in VLGA. The consequence of a lack of time is a resistance to more links. Three networks, in the knowledge areas of EfS, VET and welfare were located in the region. Policy discourses were found to shape the nature of links. Brokerage of two types was identified. One acted through creating new links for schools, and the other acted by rearranging knowledge into a form that is transferable. Both forms of brokerage were found to bring benefits to schools. Intellectual capital gain depended on contingent factors such as the purpose of the network, the type of knowledge exchanged, trust, perceived needs of the school and curriculum impacts on access to links. Network analysis is established as a productive way to investigate the totality of interactions involving schools. The construct of trust may offer a way to elucidate further the ways in which gains to intellectual capital are related to the complex interrelationships among schools, brokers and networks. The study recommends greater collaboration among schools, policy makers and external providers, both within the three areas of VET, EfS and welfare, and across these areas.

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Hurson, Megan. "Social Capital in a Hybrid Online and Offline Social Networking Community." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2012. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/166367.

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Contemporary social networking sites (SNSs) are becoming common places where individuals and their respective networks congregate to exchange information. These places online are often thought as community and as Chua, Madej,and Wellman (2011) suggest "communities can consist of a person's network of relationships, wherever such communities are located" (p. 101). However, traditional social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace typically comprise networks that users are already familiar with, often brought into online spaces from their offline worlds (Baym, 2011). In order to gain social capital, an important element toward civic participation, users must engage in actions of exchanges with members of their network (Bourdieu, 1986). Different types of social capital afford different types of support, yet traditional social networks typically only afford bridging capital, a social tie that is most commonly found to only provide new information rather than trust and emotional support. Due to the fragmented nature of our contemporary media landscape, as outlined through networked individualism (Wellman, 1998), individuals navigate multiple networks instead of remaining in one locale. This study seeks to analyze these types of networks found within a hybrid online and offline community, Fark.com, in order to understand how media multiplexity (Haythorthwaithe, 2005) allows for different forms of social capital to accrue.
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Pucino, Amy Lynn. "A mixed-methods exploration| Refugees' caring relationships as a source of social capital." Thesis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3624401.

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The importance of caring relationships between youth and their teachers, mentors, and tutors, for fostering positive academic and socioemotional outcomes is widely recognized in the literature (e.g. Hamre & Pianta, 2005; Hao & Pong, 2008; Wentzel, 2003). However, limited research explores the nature and impact of caring relationships between refugees and their educators. Iraqi refugees make up a growing population in the United States (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2011). Understanding this growing population and identifying interventions that benefit youths' integration into an unfamiliar world is increasingly important.

This research expanded understanding of young Iraqi refugees' notions of caring and the implications of those caring relationships for refugee populations. This study was grounded in a theoretical framework, which integrated caring theory (Noddings, 2001), and social capital theory (Bourdieu, 1983; Putnam, 2000; Stanton-Salazar & Dornbusch, 1995). Data were collected utilizing a multi-method approach. First, qualitative in-depth interviews with Iraqi refugees (ages 14-20) were conducted to examine their caring relationships with educators and the resulting academic and socioemotional benefits. A secondary analysis of a large database from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS) (Portes & Rumbaut, 2012) was also conducted, including people whose families came to the United States for political reasons. This research explored caring teacher-student relationships and their impact on students' academic outcomes and self-esteem.

Most of the interview respondents revealed that they had caring educators. Respondents perceived these educators as those who cared for them academically and personally. Students felt particularly cared for by educators who recognized their specific needs as refugees; these care-providers were often English as a Second Language (ESOL) teachers. While not all educators were perceived as caring, those who were caring provided resources for youths. Respondents benefited from caring relationships, as they learned about academic and professional programs, accessed assistance with college admittance, and received emotional support. The quantitative portion revealed that students who perceived their teachers to be good, fair, and interested, all indicators of caring, had higher self-esteem and Grade Points Averages (GPAs). Overall, this research fills an important gap in the literature and provides important implications for theory and practice.

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Wong, Fung-sang Mandy. "Social capital and sustainable development in Hong Kong : a preliminary assessment /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B34737728.

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Ma, Po-shan Cathy, and 馬寶山. "Commons-based peer production and Wikipedia: social capital in action." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B37848732.

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GOSSETT, JENNIFER LYNN. "EXAMINING POTENTIAL SOCIAL CAPITAL THROUGH THE LENS OF INTERSECTIONALITY." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1054761644.

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Sanchagrin, Kenneth Jan-Michael. "Career trajectories among lawyers : the evolving role of social capital." Diss., University of Iowa, 2014. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/4744.

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Although lawyers as a group represent some of the wealthiest and most politically powerful professionals in the United States, within the profession there is a significant amount of inequality. In spite of the divisions that exist within the profession, our understanding of the sources of inequality among attorneys remains limited. This project seeks to address this limitation by investigating how human, cultural, and social capital, along with demographic characteristics, are associated with the development of inequality among a cohort of recent law school graduates as they proceed through the first decade of legal practice. Specifically, using a dataset entitled After the JD: A Longitudinal Study of Careers in Transition, the project examines the relationships between recently minted lawyers' various forms of capital and positive career outcomes during three time periods: the law school-to-work transition, the first two years of legal practice, and the time period where private law firm associates compete to become partners. Findings indicate that each form of capital plays important roles throughout the first decade of practice. During the law school-to-work transition, interpersonal and organizational connections, along with human capital in the form of educational credentials, are associated with gaining employment in prestigious, high paying private law firms. Similarly, during the first few years of practice, connections formed with peers, professional groups, mentors, supervisors, and employers contribute to satisfying work environments. The models show, however, that access to these professional connections, depend on the gender, race, and sexual orientation of the individual lawyers in question, and that, in general, minority groups are at a disadvantage when it comes to the formation and maintenance of these types of professional ties. Finally, the findings also demonstrate that human, social, and cultural capital remain important predictors of career success during the transition to partnership in private firms.

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Spies-Butcher, Ben. "Understanding the concept of social capital: Neoliberalism, social theory or neoliberal social theory?" University of Sydney, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1326.

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This thesis examines the growing debate around the concept of social capital. The concept has been heralded by many as a means of uniting the social sciences, particularly economics and sociology, and of overcoming ideological divisions between left and right. However, critics argue that the concept is poorly theorised and provides little insight. More radical critics have claimed the concept may be a neo-liberal ‘Trojan horse’, a mechanism by which the atomistic thinking of neoclassical economics colonises social theory. I examine these more radical claims by exploring the origins of the concept of social capital within rational choice economics. I argue that we should differentiate between two types of potential colonisation. The first is a form of methodological colonisation, whereby overly abstract, reductionist and rationalist approaches (which I term modernist) are extended into social theory. The second is a form of ideological colonisation, whereby a normative commitment to individualism and the market is extended into social theory. I argue that the concept of social capital has been the product of a trend within rational choice economics away from the extremes of modernism. In this sense the concept represents an attempt to bring economics and social theory closer together, and a willingness on the part of rational choice theorists to take more seriously the techniques and insights of the other social sciences. However, I argue that this trend away from modernism has often been associated with a reaffirmation of rational choice theorists’ normative commitment to individualism and the market. In particular, I argue the concept of social capital has been strongly influenced by elements of the Austrian economic tradition, and forms part of a spontaneous order explanation of economic and social systems. I then apply these insights to the Australian social capital debate. I argue that initially the Australian social capital debate continued an earlier debate over economic rationalism and the merits of market-orientated economic reform. I argue that participants from both sides of the economic rationalism debate used the concept of social capital to move away from modernism, but continued to disagree over the role of individualism. Finally, I argue that confusion between moving away from modernism, and moving away from market ideology, has led some Third Way theorists to misconstrue the concept as a means to overcome ideology.

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Spies-Butcher, Ben. "Understanding the concept of social capital: Neoliberalism, social theory or neoliberal social theory?" Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1326.

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This thesis examines the growing debate around the concept of social capital. The concept has been heralded by many as a means of uniting the social sciences, particularly economics and sociology, and of overcoming ideological divisions between left and right. However, critics argue that the concept is poorly theorised and provides little insight. More radical critics have claimed the concept may be a neo-liberal ‘Trojan horse’, a mechanism by which the atomistic thinking of neoclassical economics colonises social theory. I examine these more radical claims by exploring the origins of the concept of social capital within rational choice economics. I argue that we should differentiate between two types of potential colonisation. The first is a form of methodological colonisation, whereby overly abstract, reductionist and rationalist approaches (which I term modernist) are extended into social theory. The second is a form of ideological colonisation, whereby a normative commitment to individualism and the market is extended into social theory. I argue that the concept of social capital has been the product of a trend within rational choice economics away from the extremes of modernism. In this sense the concept represents an attempt to bring economics and social theory closer together, and a willingness on the part of rational choice theorists to take more seriously the techniques and insights of the other social sciences. However, I argue that this trend away from modernism has often been associated with a reaffirmation of rational choice theorists’ normative commitment to individualism and the market. In particular, I argue the concept of social capital has been strongly influenced by elements of the Austrian economic tradition, and forms part of a spontaneous order explanation of economic and social systems. I then apply these insights to the Australian social capital debate. I argue that initially the Australian social capital debate continued an earlier debate over economic rationalism and the merits of market-orientated economic reform. I argue that participants from both sides of the economic rationalism debate used the concept of social capital to move away from modernism, but continued to disagree over the role of individualism. Finally, I argue that confusion between moving away from modernism, and moving away from market ideology, has led some Third Way theorists to misconstrue the concept as a means to overcome ideology.

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Potts, Helen Williamson David A. "The role of social capital in organizations the precursors and effects of social capital among certified nurse aides in nursing homes /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3627.

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