Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 24, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-24

  Portes, Alejandro ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^g Catholic University of Argentina   (Argentina)

^h CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Family support; Networks; Sociability; Social control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032331809     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.24.1.1     Document Type: Article

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