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Three Decades of Research into Social Capital: Achievements, Blind Spots, and Future Directions

from III - Later Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

By
Beate Volker
Edited by
Mario L. Small ,
Brea L. Perry ,
Bernice Pescosolido  and
Edward B. Smith
Mario L. Small
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Brea L. Perry
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Bernice Pescosolido
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Edward B. Smith
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Illinois
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Summary

Coleman’s paper “Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital,” published in 1988, constitutes a landmark in the theoretical underpinning of the idea of social capital. To date, the paper has been cited almost 50,000 times according to Google Scholar. I vividly remember how badly I searched for that paper when I started my PhD. Back then, digital sources were not common. The American Journal of Sociology supplements – where the paper was published – were held in the library, but not at the same place as the regular volumes. The happy feeling when I finally got hold on this paper makes me believe that there are at least some privileges for those not having grown up with the Internet.

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Personal Networks
Classic Readings and New Directions in Egocentric Analysis
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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