{"product_id":"social-capital-diversity-and-the-welfare-state-equality-security-community-9780774813099","title":"Social Capital Diversity and the Welfare State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigures and Tables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction  \/  Fiona M. Kay and Richard Johnston\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Theoretical Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Ubiquity and Disciplinary Contrasts of Social Capital \/  Fiona M. Kay and Richard Johnston\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Dynamics of Social Capital: Who Wants to Stay In If Nobody IsOut?  \/  Fiona M. Kay and Paul Bernard\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Equality, Trust, and Multiculturalism  \/  AvigailEisenberg\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Studies of Social Capital and Determinants of SocialCapital\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Measuring and Modelling Trust   \/  Stuart N.Soroka, John F. Helliwell, and Richard Johnston\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Gender, Early Experiences with “Social Capital,”and\u003cbr\u003e Adult Community Participation  \/  James Curtis andThomas Perks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Ethnicity and Social Capital in Canada  \/  AmandaAizlewood and Ravi Pendakur\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Social Capital and Political Struggles of Immigrants: Sri LankanTamils and Black Caribbean Peoples in Toronto  \/  SaraAbraham\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Consequences of Social Capital: Policy andGovernment Programs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Social Capital and Intergenerational Coresidence: How EthnicCommunities and Families Shape Transitions to Adulthood \/  Barbara A. Mitchell\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Social capital and Health in Canada: (Compositional) Effects ofTrust, Participation in Networks, and Civic Activity on Self-RatedHealth  \/  Gerry Veenstra\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Ethnicity, Trust, and the Welfare State  \/  StuartN. Soroka, Richard Johnston, and Keith Banting\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404914860375,"sku":"9780774813099","price":73.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774813099.jpg?v=1730488036","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/social-capital-diversity-and-the-welfare-state-equality-security-community-9780774813099","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}