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1. Social Capital and Its Institutional Contingency

   A Study of the United States, China and Taiwan

   Edited by Nan Lin, Yang-chih Fu, Chih-jou Jay Chen

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   This volume is a collection of original studies based on one of the first research programs on comparative analysis of social capital. Data are drawn from national representative samples of the United States, China and Taiwan. The three societies selected for study allow the examination of how...

   Published June 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. Iron-based Superconductors

   Materials, Properties and Mechanisms

   Edited by Nan Lin Wang, Hideo Hosono, Pengcheng Dai

   From fundamental physics point of view, iron-based superconductors have properties that are more amenable to band structural calculations. This book reviews the progress made in this fascinating field. With contributions from leading experts, the book provides a guide to understanding materials,...

   Published November 18th 2012 by Pan Stanford Publishing
3. Contexts of Social Capital

   Social Networks in Markets, Communities and Families

   Edited by Ray-May Hsung, Nan Lin, Ronald L. Breiger

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   The concept of social capital refers to the ways in which people make use of their social networks in "getting ahead." Social capital isn’t just about the connections in networks, but fundamentally concerns the distribution of resources on the basis of exchanges. This volume focuses on how social...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
4. Social Capital

   Edited by Nan Lin

   Series: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

   ‘Social capital’ is a major conceptual and theoretical idea that has received in the last three decades much attention across many social-science disciplines. In this relatively short period, it has developed into a major research paradigm guiding voluminous research conducted in North America,...

   Published September 7th 2010 by Routledge