Unanticipated gains: origins of network inequality in everyday life
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Abstract
PART I: PERSONAL TIES IN ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS 1. Social Capital and Organizational Embeddedness 2 PART II: SOCIAL TIES 3. Opportunities and Inducements: Why Mothers So Often Made Friends in Centers 4 Weak and Strong Ties: Whether Mothers Made Close Friends, Acquaintances, or Something Else 5 Trust and Obligations: Why Some Mothers' Support Networks Were Larger than Their Friendship Networks PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL TIES 6. Ties to Other Entities: Why Mothers' Most Useful Ties Were Not Always Social 7 Organizational Ties and Neighborhood Effects: How Mothers' Non-social Ties Were Affected by Location PART IV: BEYOND CHILDCARE CENTERS 8. Extensions and Implications