"This volume is a collection of original studies based on one of the first research programs on comparative analysis of social capital. Data are drawn from national representative samples of the United States, China and Taiwan. The three societies selected for study allow the examination of how...

One of the "hottest" concepts in international academic social-science research, social capital refers to the ways in which people make use of social networks in "getting ahead". This book presents the latest contributions and advances in theory and method in this important field