Unanticipated gains : origins of network inequality in everyday life / Mario Luis Small.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Small, Mario Luis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social networks.

Social capital (Sociology).

Day care centers--Case studies.

Day care centers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Preface Part I: Personal Ties in Organizational Settings 1. Social Capital and Organizational Embeddedness 2 Part II: Social Ties 3. Opportunities and Inducements: Why Mothers So Often Made Friends in Centers 4. Weak and Strong Ties: Whether Mothers Made Close Friends, Acquaintances, or Something Else 5. Trust and Obligations: Why Some Mothers' Support Networks Were Larger than Their Friendship Networks Part III: Organizational Ties 6. Ties to Other Entities: Why Mothers' Most Useful Ties Were Not Always Social 7. Organizational Ties and Neighborhood Effects: How Mothers' Non-social Ties Were

Contents:

Contents; PART I: PERSONAL TIES IN ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS; PART II: SOCIAL TIES; PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL TIES; PART IV: BEYOND CHILDCARE CENTERS; APPENDICES: A MULTI-METHOD CASE STUDY; Appendix A: The Process; Appendix B: Quantitative Data; Appendix C: Qualitative Data; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-976409-3

1-282-23542-7

9786612235429

0-19-972500-4

OCLC:

434850227