Social Capital, Social Support and Stratification

Edited by Ronald S. Burt, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, US and Bocconi University, Italy, Yanjie Bian, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Lijun Song, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University and Nan Lin, Department of Sociology, Duke University, US

• Contents:1 Introduction 1PART I SOCIAL CAPITAL2 Nan Lin and Social CapitalRonald S. Burt 43 Social Resources and Strength of Ties: Structural Factors in Occupational StatusAttainmentNan Lin, Walter M. Ensel and John C. Vaughn 374 Building a Network Theory of Social CapitalNan Lin 50PART II SOCIAL SUPPORT5 Nan Lin and Social SupportLijun Song 786 Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Illness: A Model and an Empirical TestNan Lin, Ronald S. Simeone, Walter M. Ensel and Wen Kuo 1077 Social Support and Depressed Mood: A Structural AnalysisNan Lin, Xiaolan Ye and Walter M. Ensel 119PART III STRATIFICATION IN CHINA8 Nan Lin and the Sociology of ChinaYanjie Bian 1369 Getting Ahead in Urban ChinaNan Lin and Yanjie Bian 15810 Occupational Prestige in Urban ChinaNan Lin and Wen Xie 190PART IV REFLECTIONS11 Lessons Learned from Lifelong Studying and Conducting ResearchNan Lin 231References 237Index 255