| Foreword | 6 |
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| Preface | 9 |
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| Content | 11 |
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| Boxes | 16 |
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| Figures | 17 |
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| Tables | 18 |
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| 1 Introduction | 21 |
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| 1.1 How to Construct a Theory? | 23 |
| 1.2 Outline of the Monograph | 25 |
| Part 1: Social Capital Concepts | 29 |
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| 2 The Founding Concepts of Social Capital Bourdieu’s Theory of Capital and Coleman's Ra-tionalChoice Approach to Social Capital4 | 30 |
| 2.1 Bourdieu’s Concept of Social Capital | 30 |
| 2.1.1 General | 30 |
| 2.1.2 Economic Capital | 31 |
| 2.1.3 Cultural Capital | 32 |
| 2.1.4 Social Capital | 33 |
| 2.2 Coleman’s Concept of Social Capital | 34 |
| 2.2.1 General | 34 |
| 2.2.2 Kinds of Social Capital | 37 |
| 2.3 Discussion of the Concepts | 41 |
| 2.4 Conclusions – The Basics of Social Capital Theory | 45 |
| 3 Introducing the Civic Perspective on Social Capital – Robert D. Putnam’s Concept of Social Capital | 47 |
| 3.1 The Theoretical Concept of Social Capital | 47 |
| 3.1.1 General | 47 |
| 3.1.2 Elements of Social Capital | 48 |
| 3.1.3 Characteristics of Social Capital | 50 |
| 3.1.4 Bridging vs. Bonding Social Capital | 51 |
| 3.1.5 Critiques to Putnam's Concept | 52 |
| 3.2 Empirics of Social Capital in Putnam’s Tradition | 56 |
| 3.2.1 Putnam’s Study | 56 |
| 3.2.2 Does Social Capital Positively Influence Political Stability and Effec-tiveness, and Economic Development? | 59 |
| 3.2.3 Excursus: What Effects do Bridging and Bonding Social Capital Have on Political Stability and Effectiveness, and Economic Development? | 63 |
| 3.2.4 Does Putnam's Social Capital Concept Hold up to Empirical Testing? | 69 |
| 3.2.5 Why Are the Results Confusing? Outcomes of Social Capital | 72 |
| 3.2.6 How to Revise Putnam’s Concept? | 76 |
| 3.3 Conclusion – How Does Putnam's Social Capital Concept Contribute to Social Capital Theory? | 79 |
| 4 The Network Approach to Social Capital – The Concept of Ronald S. Burt | 81 |
| 4.1 General | 81 |
| 4.2 Structural Holes | 86 |
| 4.3 Critiques to Burt's Concept | 89 |
| 4.4 Empirical Results of Social Capital Research in Burt's Tradition | 90 |
| 4.4.1 Burt's Studies | 91 |
| 4.4.2 Does Burt's Concept Hold up to Empirical Testing? | 94 |
| 4.4.3 Critiques – Why Do We Find these Different Results? | 99 |
| 4.4.4 Excursus: Closure and Its Advantages in Coleman’s Concept | 103 |
| 4.4.5 Closure or Structural Holes. Which Network Characteristic is Most Important for an Actor's Success? | 105 |
| 4.5 Conclusion – How Does Burt's Concept of Social Capital Contribute to General Theory of Social Capital? | 108 |
| 5 The Resource Perspective – Nan Lin's Concept of Social Capital | 110 |
| 5.1 General Theory of Capital | 110 |
| 5.2 Lin's Critical Discussion of Bourdieu, Coleman and Putnam's Concepts | 112 |
| 5.3 Lin's Concept of Social Capital | 113 |
| 5.3.1 The Axioms | 113 |
| 5.3.2 The Theorems | 117 |
| 5.4 Discussion | 119 |
| 5.5 Empirics of Lin's Social Capital Concept | 120 |
| 5.5.1 The Position Generator | 120 |
| 5.5.2 Inequality in Access to Social Capital | 122 |
| 5.5.3 Excursus: The Relationship of Social Resources and Civic Engagement | 126 |
| 5.5.4 Capitalization and Effects of Social Capital Instrumental Outcomes | 129 |
| 5.5.5 Problems of the Position Generator and Their Solution – The Resource Generator | 134 |
| 5.6 How Does Lin's Theoretical Concept Contribute to a General Theory of Social Capital? | 137 |
| 6 Formalizing and Visualizing the Current Social Capital Theory | 139 |
| Part II: The Quality of Social Capital Measures in the Czech Republic | 139 |
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| 7 How to Assess the Quality of Measurement Tools? A General Introduction | 145 |
| 7.1 The Quality of a Sample | 145 |
| 7.2 The Quality of Measures | 146 |
| 7.2.1 Objectivity | 146 |
| 7.2.2 Reliability | 146 |
| 7.2.3 Validity | 154 |
| 7.3 Other Methods for Assessing the Quality of Measures | 156 |
| 7.4 Influences on the Quality of Measurements | 158 |
| 7.5 Summary | 159 |
| 8 The Quality Study | 160 |
| 8.1 The Approach of the Quality Study | 160 |
| 8.2 Social Relationships among Czech Citizens 2007/2008 | 161 |
| 8.3 The Survey “Our Society” (CVVM 2007-04) for Crossvalidation | 163 |
| 8.4 Summary | 163 |
| 9 Preconditions of Social Capital – The Czech Con-text | 164 |
| 9.1 Individual Characteristics | 164 |
| 9.2 Historical Background | 164 |
| 9.3 Technology | 168 |
| 9.4 The Cultural Societal Aspect Generalized Trust | 168 |
| 9.5 International Comparison | 168 |
| 9.6 Summary | 170 |
| 10 Access to Social Capital I – The Quality of Net-work Size and Density Measures of Informal and Formal Networks | 171 |
| 10.1 Operationalization of Informal Networks | 171 |
| 10.1.1 Network Size | 171 |
| 10.1.2 Network Density | 173 |
| 10.2 Operationalization of Formal Network Measures | 175 |
| 10.2.1 Network Size | 175 |
| 10.2.2 Network Density | 176 |
| 10.3 Test-Retest Reliability of Network Size and Density Measures | 177 |
| 10.3.1 Test-Retest Reliability of the Informal Network | 178 |
| 10.3.2 Alternate Form Reliability of the Formal Network | 185 |
| 10.4 Criterion Validity | 186 |
| 10.5 Summary | 188 |
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