Häuberer Social Capital Theory

Towards a Methodological Foundation
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-531-92646-9
Verlag: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 330 Seiten, eBook

Julia Häuberer holds a doctoral degree from the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Her research interests are social capital and empirical social research, social distance, network analysis and social justice.

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Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Häuberer, Julia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;6
2;Preface;9
3;Content;11
4;Boxes;16
5;Figures;17
6;Tables;18
7;1 Introduction;21
7.1;1.1 How to Construct a Theory?;23
7.2;1.2 Outline of the Monograph;25
8;Part 1: Social Capital Concepts;29
8.1;2 The Founding Concepts of Social Capital Bourdieu’s Theory of Capital and Coleman's Ra-tionalChoice Approach to Social Capital4;30
8.1.1;2.1 Bourdieu’s Concept of Social Capital;30
8.1.1.1;2.1.1 General;30
8.1.1.2;2.1.2 Economic Capital;31
8.1.1.3;2.1.3 Cultural Capital;32
8.1.1.4;2.1.4 Social Capital;33
8.1.2;2.2 Coleman’s Concept of Social Capital;34
8.1.2.1;2.2.1 General;34
8.1.2.2;2.2.2 Kinds of Social Capital;37
8.1.3;2.3 Discussion of the Concepts;41
8.1.4;2.4 Conclusions – The Basics of Social Capital Theory;45
8.2;3 Introducing the Civic Perspective on Social Capital – Robert D. Putnam’s Concept of Social Capital;47
8.2.1;3.1 The Theoretical Concept of Social Capital;47
8.2.1.1;3.1.1 General;47
8.2.1.2;3.1.2 Elements of Social Capital;48
8.2.1.3;3.1.3 Characteristics of Social Capital;50
8.2.1.4;3.1.4 Bridging vs. Bonding Social Capital;51
8.2.1.5;3.1.5 Critiques to Putnam's Concept;52
8.2.2;3.2 Empirics of Social Capital in Putnam’s Tradition;56
8.2.2.1;3.2.1 Putnam’s Study;56
8.2.2.2;3.2.2 Does Social Capital Positively Influence Political Stability and Effec-tiveness, and Economic Development?;59
8.2.2.3;3.2.3 Excursus: What Effects do Bridging and Bonding Social Capital Have on Political Stability and Effectiveness, and Economic Development? ;63
8.2.2.4;3.2.4 Does Putnam's Social Capital Concept Hold up to Empirical Testing?;69
8.2.2.5;3.2.5 Why Are the Results Confusing? Outcomes of Social Capital;72
8.2.2.6;3.2.6 How to Revise Putnam’s Concept?;76
8.2.3;3.3 Conclusion – How Does Putnam's Social Capital Concept Contribute to Social Capital Theory?;79
8.3;4 The Network Approach to Social Capital – The Concept of Ronald S. Burt;81
8.3.1;4.1 General;81
8.3.2;4.2 Structural Holes;86
8.3.3;4.3 Critiques to Burt's Concept;89
8.3.4;4.4 Empirical Results of Social Capital Research in Burt's Tradition;90
8.3.4.1;4.4.1 Burt's Studies;91
8.3.4.2;4.4.2 Does Burt's Concept Hold up to Empirical Testing?;94
8.3.4.3;4.4.3 Critiques – Why Do We Find these Different Results?;99
8.3.4.4;4.4.4 Excursus: Closure and Its Advantages in Coleman’s Concept;103
8.3.4.5;4.4.5 Closure or Structural Holes. Which Network Characteristic is Most Important for an Actor's Success?;105
8.3.5;4.5 Conclusion – How Does Burt's Concept of Social Capital Contribute to General Theory of Social Capital?;108
8.4;5 The Resource Perspective – Nan Lin's Concept of Social Capital;110
8.4.1;5.1 General Theory of Capital;110
8.4.2;5.2 Lin's Critical Discussion of Bourdieu, Coleman and Putnam's Concepts;112
8.4.3;5.3 Lin's Concept of Social Capital;113
8.4.3.1;5.3.1 The Axioms;113
8.4.3.2;5.3.2 The Theorems;117
8.4.4;5.4 Discussion;119
8.4.5;5.5 Empirics of Lin's Social Capital Concept;120
8.4.5.1;5.5.1 The Position Generator;120
8.4.5.2;5.5.2 Inequality in Access to Social Capital;122
8.4.5.3;5.5.3 Excursus: The Relationship of Social Resources and Civic Engagement;126
8.4.5.4;5.5.4 Capitalization and Effects of Social Capital Instrumental Outcomes;129
8.4.5.5;5.5.5 Problems of the Position Generator and Their Solution – The Resource Generator;134
8.4.6;5.6 How Does Lin's Theoretical Concept Contribute to a General Theory of Social Capital?;137
8.5;6 Formalizing and Visualizing the Current Social Capital Theory;139
9;Part II: The Quality of Social Capital Measures in the Czech Republic
;144
9.1;7 How to Assess the Quality of Measurement Tools? A General Introduction;145
9.1.1;7.1 The Quality of a Sample;145
9.1.2;7.2 The Quality of Measures;146
9.1.2.1;7.2.1 Objectivity;146
9.1.2.2;7.2.2 Reliability;146
9.1.2.3;7.2.3 Validity;154
9.1.3;7.3 Other Methods for Assessing the Quality of Measures;156
9.1.4;7.4 Influences on the Quality of Measurements;158
9.1.5;7.5 Summary;159
9.2;8 The Quality Study;160
9.2.1;8.1 The Approach of the Quality Study;160
9.2.2;8.2 Social Relationships among Czech Citizens 2007/2008;161
9.2.3;8.3 The Survey “Our Society” (CVVM 2007-04) for Crossvalidation;163
9.2.4;8.4 Summary;163
9.3;9 Preconditions of Social Capital – The Czech Con-text;164
9.3.1;9.1 Individual Characteristics;164
9.3.2;9.2 Historical Background;164
9.3.3;9.3 Technology;168
9.3.4;9.4 The Cultural Societal Aspect Generalized Trust;168
9.3.5;9.5 International Comparison;168
9.3.6;9.6 Summary;170
9.4;10 Access to Social Capital I – The Quality of Net-work Size and Density Measures of Informal and Formal Networks;171
9.4.1;10.1 Operationalization of Informal Networks;171
9.4.1.1;10.1.1 Network Size;171
9.4.1.2;10.1.2 Network Density;173
9.4.2;10.2 Operationalization of Formal Network Measures;175
9.4.2.1;10.2.1 Network Size;175
9.4.2.2;10.2.2 Network Density;176
9.4.3;10.3 Test-Retest Reliability of Network Size and Density Measures;177
9.4.3.1;10.3.1 Test-Retest Reliability of the Informal Network;178
9.4.3.2;10.3.2 Alternate Form Reliability of the Formal Network;185
9.4.4;10.4 Criterion Validity;186
9.4.5;10.5 Summary;188
9.5;11 Access to Social Capital II The Quality of Meas-ures of Range and Openness/ Structural Holes of In-formal and Formal Networks150
;190
9.5.1;11.1 Operationalization;190
9.5.2;11.2 Test-Retest Reliability;194
9.5.2.1;11.2.1 Sex, Age and Education Differences in the Reliability and the Impact of Changes on Answering Behavior;196
9.5.3;11.3 Internal Consistency and Test-Retest Reliabilities of the Constructs Outgroup and Lifestyle;198
9.5.4;11.4 Why Do We Find Such Bad Reliabilities?;203
9.5.5;11.5 Criterion Validity;205
9.5.6;11.6 Conclusion;208
9.6;12 The Quality of Measures of Accessed Social Capi-tal – Is the Resource Generator Appropriate for the Czech Context?161
;209
9.6.1;12.1 Operationalization;209
9.6.1.1;12.1.1 Resources for Expressive Actions;211
9.6.1.2;12.1.2 Resources for Instrumental Actions;213
9.6.2;12.2 Test-Retest Reliability by Item;214
9.6.3;12.3 Internal Consistency and Test-Retest Reliabilities of the Construct “Personal Support”;218
9.6.4;12.4 Construct Validity;225
9.6.4.1;12.4.1 CFA Using the Survey “Social Relationships”;225
9.6.4.2;12.4.2 CFA Using the Survey “Our Society”;228
9.6.5;12.5 Criterion Validity of the Resource Generator;232
9.6.6;12.6 Summary;234
9.7;13 Summary and Conclusions: What the Study Tells Us and Where it Directs Future Research;235
9.8;14 Literature;243
9.9;15 Appendix;263
9.9.1;15.1 The Questionnaires of the Test and Retest Study “Social Relationships among Czech Citizens 2007/2008”;263
9.9.1.1;15.1.1 Czech Version of the Questionnaire / Dotazník “Spolecenské vztahy ceských obcanu”
;263
9.9.1.2;15.1.2 English Version of the Questionnaire
;270
9.9.2;15.2 The Bridging Social Capital Item Battery Used in the Survey “Our Society”;277
9.9.2.1;15.2.1 Czech Version;277
9.9.2.2;15.2.2 English Version;278
9.9.3;15.3 Confidence Intervals and Errors Revealed by Bootstrapping for the Bridging Social Capital Item Battery;279
9.9.4;15.4 Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals of the CFA of the Construct Personal Support;283
9.9.5;15.5 Estimates of the Constructs Personal Support Social Capital in Group Comparisons;287
9.9.6;15.6 CFA Estimates Assessing the Internal Consistency Reliability of the Construct Personal Support Social Capital for Acquaintances
;293
9.9.7;15.7 Estimates of Construct Personal Support Social Capital for Acquaint-ances in Group Comparisons;294
9.9.8;15.8 Comparison of Surveys “Social Relationships among Czech Citizens” and “Our Society”;296
9.9.9;15.9 The Resource Generator Used in the Survey “Our Society”;297
9.9.9.1;15.9.1 Czech Version;297
9.9.9.2;15.9.2 English Version;297
9.10;16 Name Index;299
9.11;17 Subject Index;301
9.12;18 Zusammenfassung – Sozialkapitaltheorie: Eine methodologische Fundierung;303
9.13;19 Shrnutí – Teorie sociálního kapitálu: nástin meto-dologických základ;310

Über Autor(innen)

Julia Häuberer holds a doctoral degree from the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Her research interests are social capital and empirical social research, social distance, network analysis and social justice.