Author: Mario Luis Small
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0199764093
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Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life
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.Unanticipated Gains review. 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."
Exploring the experiences of New York City mothers whose children were enrolled in childcare centers, this book examines why a great deal of these mothers, after enrolling their children, dramatically expanded both the size and usefulness of their personal networks. Whether, how, and how much the mother's networks were altered--and how useful these networks were--depended on the apparently trivial, but remarkably consequential, practices and regulations of the centers. The structure of parent-teacher organizations, the frequency of fieldtrips, and the rules regarding drop-off and pick-up times all affected the mothers' networksRead full reviews of Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life.
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Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life - Mario Luis Small
Review "Child care centers are not just about caring for children. Rather, under the right circumstances, they also foster invaluable community ties among moms. That was a crucial fact about the first kindergartens a century ago, and it is the central lesson of Mario Small's important new book. Unanticipated Gains has important implications for anyone concerned about how to reweave the fabric of American communities."--Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone"In this supreme work, Mario Luis Small does nothing less than transform the way that we understand social capital.With meticulous ethnogra
Unanticipated Gains
author mario luis small format paperback language english publication year 25 11 2010 subject social sciences subject 2 social studies general title unanticipated gains origins of network inequality in everyday life author luis small mario publisher oxford univ pr publication date oct 05 2010 pages 298 binding paperback edition reprint dimensions 6 25 wx 9 25 hx 0 50 d isbn 0199764093 subject social science sociology urban description why do some people enjoy larger more supportive or otherwis
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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."
Exploring the experiences of New York City mothers whose children were enrolled in childcare centers, this book examines why a great deal of these mothers, after enrolling their children, dramatically expanded both the size and usefulness of their personal networks. Whether, how, and how much the mother's networks were altered--and how useful these networks were--depended on the apparently trivial, but remarkably consequential, practices and regulations of the centers. The structure of parent-teacher organizations, the frequency of fieldtrips, and the rules regarding drop-off and pick-up times all affected the mothers' networks. Relying on scores of in-depth interviews with mothers, quantitative data on both mothers and centers, and detailed case studies of other routine organizations, Small shows that how much people gain from their connections depends substantially on institutional conditions they often do not control, and through everyday processes they may not even be aware of.
Emphasizing not the connections that people make, but the context in which they are made, Unanticipated Gains presents a major new perspective on social capital and on the mechanisms producing social inequality.
