Pubblicazioni

Autori:

DI NICOLA, Paola; Stanzani, Sandro; Tronca, Luigi

Titolo:

Personal Networks as Social Capital: a Research Strategy to Measure Contents and Forms of Social Support

Anno:

2011

Tipologia prodotto:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Lingua:

Inglese

Formato:

Elettronico

Referee:

Sì

Nome rivista:

ITALIAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW

ISSN Rivista:

2239-8589

N° Volume:

1

Numero o Fascicolo:

1

Intervallo pagine:

1-15

Parole chiave:

Personal networks; social capital; social circles; network closure; structural holes

Breve descrizione dei contenuti:

The basic idea of social capital consists of the belief that individuals’ lives can be qualitatively improved by social relationships, or rather by the social resources that these relationships manage to mobilize. So, personal networks can provide a kind of capital for individuals. This essay examines the characteristics of personal networks that mobilize social resources in a sample of 307 individuals, representative of the population of Verona (Italy). By using some structural indicators of social capital, the authors describe the contents and the forms of different kinds of social circles (family, work colleagues, members in third sector organizations, friends, neighbours). This study rejects a hypothesis according to which stronger ties are better vehicles for symbolic and expressive resources, and confirms a hypothesis on the similarity of the forms of different social circles that provide individuals with social support.

Pagina Web:

http://www.italiansociologicalreview.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75:personal-networks-as-social-capital&catid=37:isr-2011-vol1-1&Itemid=31

Id prodotto:

61362

Handle IRIS:

11562/360210

depositato il:

6 agosto 2011

ultima modifica:

12 novembre 2022

Citazione bibliografica:

DI NICOLA, Paola; Stanzani, Sandro; Tronca, Luigi, Personal Networks as Social Capital: a Research Strategy to Measure Contents and Forms of Social Support «ITALIAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW» , vol. 1 , n. 1 , 2011 , pp. 1-15

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