Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life

by Mario Luis Small

Book Overview

Social capital theorists have shown that some people do better than others in part because they enjoy larger, more supportive, or otherwise more useful networks. But why do some people have better networks than others? Unanticipated Gains argues that the practice and structure of the churches, colleges, firms, gyms, childcare centers, and schools in which people happen to participate routinely matter more than their deliberate "networking."

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199764093
• ISBN13: 9780199764099
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"