The field of social capital still lacks a recognized general theory. Accordingly, various and sometimes inappropriate measurements are used for it. Julia H?¤uberer contributes to filling in this gap and provides progress towards the creation of a formalized social capital theory based on the founding concepts of social capital of Bourdieu (1983) and Coleman (1988), and current concepts of Putnam (2000), Burt (1992) and Lin (2001). The second part of the monograph focuses on the quality of measurements of the more general concept of social capital derived in the first part. Therefore, the telephone survey "Social Relationships among Czech Citizens" conducted as a test-retest experiment is analyzed.
Author(s): Julia Hauberer
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 332
Front Cover......Page 1
Foreword......Page 7
Preface......Page 11
Content......Page 13
Boxes......Page 19
Figures......Page 21
Tables......Page 23
1 Introduction......Page 27
1.1 How to Construct a Theory?......Page 29
1.2 Outline of the Monograph......Page 31
Part 1: Social Capital Concepts......Page 36
2.1.1 General......Page 37
2.1.2 Economic Capital......Page 38
2.1.3 Cultural Capital......Page 39
2.1.4 Social Capital......Page 40
2.2.1 General......Page 41
2.2.2 Kinds of Social Capital......Page 44
2.3 Discussion of the Concepts......Page 48
2.4 Conclusions – The Basics of Social Capital Theory......Page 52
3.1.1 General......Page 55
3.1.2 Elements of Social Capital......Page 56
3.1.3 Characteristics of Social Capital......Page 58
3.1.4 Bridging vs. Bonding Social Capital......Page 59
3.1.5 Critiques to Putnam's Concept......Page 60
3.2.1 Putnam’s Study......Page 64
3.2.2 Does Social Capital Positively Influence Political Stability and Effec-tiveness, and Economic Development?......Page 67
3.2.3 Excursus: What Effects do Bridging and Bonding Social Capital Have on Political Stability and Effectiveness, and Economic Development?......Page 71
3.2.4 Does Putnam's Social Capital Concept Hold up to Empirical Testing?......Page 77
3.2.5 Why Are the Results Confusing? Outcomes of Social Capital......Page 80
3.2.6 How to Revise Putnam’s Concept?......Page 84
3.3 Conclusion – How Does Putnam's Social Capital Concept Contribute to Social Capital Theory?......Page 87
4.1 General......Page 89
4.2 Structural Holes......Page 94
4.3 Critiques to Burt's Concept......Page 97
4.4 Empirical Results of Social Capital Research in Burt's Tradition......Page 98
4.4.1 Burt's Studies......Page 99
4.4.2 Does Burt's Concept Hold up to Empirical Testing?......Page 102
4.4.3 Critiques – Why Do We Find these Different Results?......Page 107
4.4.4 Excursus: Closure and Its Advantages in Coleman’s Concept......Page 111
4.4.5 Closure or Structural Holes. Which Network Characteristic is Most Important for an Actor's Success?......Page 113
4.5 Conclusion – How Does Burt's Concept of Social Capital Contribute to General Theory of Social Capital?......Page 116
5.1 General Theory of Capital......Page 119
5.2 Lin's Critical Discussion of Bourdieu, Coleman and Putnam's Concepts......Page 121
5.3.1 The Axioms......Page 122
5.3.2 The Theorems......Page 126
5.4 Discussion......Page 128
5.5.1 The Position Generator......Page 129
5.5.2 Inequality in Access to Social Capital......Page 131
5.5.3 Excursus: The Relationship of Social Resources and Civic Engagement......Page 135
5.5.4 Capitalization and Effects of Social Capital Instrumental Outcomes......Page 138
5.5.5 Problems of the Position Generator and Their Solution – The Resource Generator......Page 143
5.6 How Does Lin's Theoretical Concept Contribute to a General Theory of Social Capital?......Page 146
6 Formalizing and Visualizing the Current Social Capital Theory......Page 149
Part II: The Quality of Social Capital Measures in theCzech Republic......Page 155
7.1 The Quality of a Sample......Page 157
7.2.2 Reliability......Page 158
7.2.3 Validity......Page 166
7.3 Other Methods for Assessing the Quality of Measures......Page 168
7.4 Influences on the Quality of Measurements......Page 170
7.5 Summary......Page 171
8.1 The Approach of the Quality Study......Page 173
8.2 Social Relationships among Czech Citizens 2007/2008......Page 174
8.4 Summary......Page 176
9.2 Historical Background......Page 177
9.5 International Comparison......Page 181
9.6 Summary......Page 183
10.1.1 Network Size......Page 185
10.1.2 Network Density......Page 187
10.2.1 Network Size......Page 189
10.2.2 Network Density......Page 190
10.3 Test-Retest Reliability of Network Size and Density Measures......Page 191
10.3.1 Test-Retest Reliability of the Informal Network......Page 192
10.3.2 Alternate Form Reliability of the Formal Network......Page 199
10.4 Criterion Validity......Page 200
10.5 Summary......Page 202
11.1 Operationalization......Page 205
11.2 Test-Retest Reliability......Page 209
11.2.1 Sex, Age and Education Differences in the Reliability and the Impact of Changes on Answering Behavior......Page 211
11.3 Internal Consistency and Test-Retest Reliabilities of the Constructs Outgroup and Lifestyle......Page 213
11.4 Why Do We Find Such Bad Reliabilities?......Page 218
11.5 Criterion Validity......Page 220
11.6 Conclusion......Page 223
12.1 Operationalization......Page 225
12.1.1 Resources for Expressive Actions......Page 227
12.1.2 Resources for Instrumental Actions......Page 229
12.2 Test-Retest Reliability by Item......Page 230
12.3 Internal Consistency and Test-Retest Reliabilities of the Construct “Personal Support”......Page 234
12.4.1 CFA Using the Survey “Social Relationships”......Page 241
12.4.2 CFA Using the Survey “Our Society”......Page 244
12.5 Criterion Validity of the Resource Generator......Page 248
12.6 Summary......Page 250
13 Summary and Conclusions: What the Study Tells Us and Where it Directs Future Research......Page 251
14 Literature......Page 259
15.1.1 Czech Version of the Questionnaire / Dotazník “Společenské vztahy českých občanů”
......Page 279
15.1.2 English Version of the Questionnaire
......Page 286
15.2.1 Czech Version......Page 293
15.2.2 English Version......Page 294
15.3 Confidence Intervals and Errors Revealed by Bootstrapping for the Bridging Social Capital Item Battery......Page 295
15.4 Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals of the CFA of the Construct Personal Support......Page 299
15.5 Estimates of the Constructs Personal Support Social Capital in Group Comparisons......Page 303
15.6 CFA Estimates Assessing the Internal Consistency Reliability of the Construct Personal Support Social Capital for Acquaintances
......Page 309
15.7 Estimates of Construct Personal Support Social Capital for Acquaint-ances in Group Comparisons......Page 310
15.8 Comparison of Surveys “Social Relationships among Czech Citizens” and “Our Society”......Page 312
15.9.2 English Version......Page 313
16 Name Index......Page 315
17 Subject Index......Page 317
18 Zusammenfassung – Sozialkapitaltheorie: Eine methodologische Fundierung......Page 319
19 Shrnutí – Teorie sociálního kapitálu: nástin meto-dologických základ......Page 327
