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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lin, Nan

Titel

Social Resources: A Theory of Social Capital

Ist Teil von

• Revue française de sociologie, 1995-10, Vol.36 (4), p.685-704

Erscheinungsjahr

1995

Quelle

EZB-FREE-00999 freely available EZB journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper reviews the theory of social resources as a sociological theory intended to describe individual actions in the context of social structure. Social resources defined as resources embedded in social ties accessible in social networks are seen as useful personal resources that individuals possess. By accessing & using social resources, individuals may attain instrumental or expressive goals of action. However, the matching of action intentions & interaction patterns may require positional advantages &/or choices in action. Thus, the theory of social resources consists of three propositions: (1) that social resources facilitate goal attainment (the social resources proposition), (2) that original social positions facilitate access to & use of social resources (the strength of position proposition), & (3) that choice of weaker & heterophilous ties facilitates access to & use of social resources (the strength of tie proposition). The paper presents further directions for theoretical elaborations & comments on the linkage to the notion of social capital. 44 References. Adapted from the source document.