I develop a health stratification perspective to examine whether differential access to social, cultural, and economic capital account for differences in individuals' abilities and proclivities to behaviorally invest in their health. I suggest that each form of capital derives from key social ...
Cultural CapitalFamily background can influence an individual's access to educational resources. Specifically, an advantaged family background can promote an individual's access to educational resources. This study constructs a model to analyze the impact of the economic, social and cultural capital ...
While these social predictors of wellbeing have been extensively studied in western settings, the cultural relevance and the socioeconomic stand in South Africa and other countries in Africa may encourage attributing different meanings or amplifies the importance of these determinants for wellbeing (Gyeky...
This book analyzes the changes in kinship relations in Qunh i village in northern Vietnam during the present era of economic reform, in comparison with the pre-socialist/colonial period and the socialist transformation period, against the background of economic, political, social and cultural ...
This case study explores how magazines in one Russian city converted cultural, economic, and social capital from one form into another. Data suggests that a successful magazine not only converts capital but also merges all available kinds of capital to survive in unique market circumstances. In ma...
As a consequence, social and cultural life will to a large extent be dependent on (have to adapt to, but with a time lag) what happens in the economy. This creates a tension between two rationalities, where values like flexibility and instrumental rationality (within the economic system) ...
Economic and social resources are known to contribute to the unequal distribution of health outcomes. Culture-related factors such as normative beliefs, knowledge and behaviours have also been shown to be associated with health status. The role and function of cultural resources in the unequal distrib...
Accounting for Social and Cultural Values 来自 EBSCO 喜欢 0 阅读量: 27 作者: A Klamer 摘要: Economic reasoning heavily relies on an outdated accounting scheme. This article contains a proposal to reconsider the conceptualisation of the traditional notions of 'goods' and 'capital.' The point is ...
We investigate how social capital and cultural biases affect foreign direct investment in high tech firms in China. Differences in the social capital (trustworthiness) among provinces of the host country, China, are shown to matter in foreign companies' choice of location, ownership type, and inves...
In relation to social capital a central notion has been the ethnic economy. Here this notion is rejected because in effect it refers to national origin rather than ethnicity and diverts attention from social and economic relations across cultural differences and boundaries. While immigrant groups may...