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Book SynopsisThis book represents a landmark consideration of the diverse meanings, causal foundations, and positive and negative consequences of social capital, with a particular focus on its role in mitigating or enhancing social inequalities.
Trade ReviewThis book, written by a team of exciting researchers, helps us understand the importance of trust, social networks, and norms of generalized reciprocity for social inequality, race and ethnic relations, multiculturalism, family relations, and health. Kay and Johnston have helped to organize and advance a key theoretical and empirical challenge of the 21st century in the social sciences. Students and scholars in sociology and political science will find this book a thorough and thought provoking examination of social capital. -- Reza Nakhaie, author of Debates on Social Inequality: Class, Gender, and Ethnicity in Canada
Table of ContentsFigures and Tables
1 Introduction / Fiona M. Kay and Richard Johnston
Part 1: Theoretical Overview
2 Ubiquity and Disciplinary Contrasts of Social Capital / Fiona M. Kay and Richard Johnston
3 The Dynamics of Social Capital: Who Wants to Stay In If Nobody IsOut? / Fiona M. Kay and Paul Bernard
4 Equality, Trust, and Multiculturalism / AvigailEisenberg
Part 2: Studies of Social Capital and Determinants of SocialCapital
5 Measuring and Modelling Trust / Stuart N.Soroka, John F. Helliwell, and Richard Johnston
6 Gender, Early Experiences with “Social Capital,”and
Adult Community Participation / James Curtis andThomas Perks
7 Ethnicity and Social Capital in Canada / AmandaAizlewood and Ravi Pendakur
8 Social Capital and Political Struggles of Immigrants: Sri LankanTamils and Black Caribbean Peoples in Toronto / SaraAbraham
Part 3: Consequences of Social Capital: Policy andGovernment Programs
9 Social Capital and Intergenerational Coresidence: How EthnicCommunities and Families Shape Transitions to Adulthood / Barbara A. Mitchell
10 Social capital and Health in Canada: (Compositional) Effects ofTrust, Participation in Networks, and Civic Activity on Self-RatedHealth / Gerry Veenstra
11 Ethnicity, Trust, and the Welfare State / StuartN. Soroka, Richard Johnston, and Keith Banting
Works Cited
Contributors
Index
