Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
1988 · American Journal of Sociology · 10.1086/228943
Overview
A social-capital formulation concerned with relational structures and their possible resources or constraints.
Core Question
How can social structure enter an account of action and human capital?
Central Argument
Specified social relations can make resources and constraints relevant to action.
Theoretical Contribution
Anchors the Coleman strand of Social Capital Theory.
Theory Relationships
- Social Capital Theory — founding text
Reading Focus
- Name the relation and resource rather than counting contacts.
- Do not treat obligation or trust as automatically beneficial.
Legal Access Path
- Open the authoritative bibliographic record — Use the linked publisher, DOI, university, journal, library, or institutional record to locate lawful access through a library or the rights holder.
Sources & verification
- VerifiedThe linked record verifies this work's bibliographic details and lawful access route. — Coleman, J. S. (1988). Social capital in the creation of human capital. American Journal of Sociology, 94, S95-S120.
- Editorially ReviewedThe central argument, theoretical contribution, relationship, and reading emphasis are bounded Syntag editorial syntheses, not quotations or claims of universal consensus.
- Research GuidanceReading priorities should be adapted to the research question, prior knowledge, access, and disciplinary guidance.
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