Cultural Capital: Allusions, Gaps and Glissandos in Recent Theoretical Developments

Lamont, Michèle; Lareau, Annette

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“…From cultural capital (Lamont and Lareau, 1988) to "cultural ecology" (Kaufman, 2004), the study of tastes has been central to several strands of research in the sociology of culture. Both products of social position (Katz-Gerro, 1999;Bourdieu, 1984;Hughes and Peterson, 1983) and resources for achievement, coordination, and domination (Erickson, 1996;DiMaggio and Mohr, 1985;Bourdieu, 1984), cultural proclivities constitute an integral part of our identities-yet they can be fleeting, abstract, and notoriously difficult to operationalize.…”

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Tastes, ties, and time: A new social network dataset using Facebook.com

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a b s t r a c tScholars have long recognized the potential of Internet-based communication technologies for improving network research-potential that, to date, remains largely underexploited. In the first half of this paper, we introduce a new public dataset based on manipulations and embellishments of a popular social network site, Facebook.com. We emphasize five distinctive features of this dataset and highlight its advantages and limitations vis-à-vis other kinds of network data. In the second half of this paper, we present descriptive findings from our first wave of data. Subgroups defined by gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status are characterized by distinct network behaviors, and students sharing social relationships as well as demographic traits tend to share a significant number of cultural preferences. These findings exemplify the scientific and pedagogical potential of this new network resource and provide a starting point for future analyses.

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Section: Culturementioning

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Tastes, ties, and time: A new social network dataset using Facebook.com

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“…Knowledge of higher education institutions, college courses and the application process is a form of cultural capital commonly held by more privileged families (Lamont and Lareau 1988). Fig Lane students did not appear to be the first generation in their family to attend college.…”

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‘There was never really any question of anything else': young people's agency, institutional habitus and the transition to higher education

Smyth

Banks

2012

British Journal of Sociology of Education

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International research into educational decision-making has been extensive, focusing on the way in which young people and their families assess the different options open to them. However, to what extent can we assume that different groups of young people have equal access to the information needed to make such an assessment? And what role, if any, do schools play in this process? Using in-depth qualitative interviews from two schools with very different student intakes, this paper examines the key influences which shape young people's choices. Decisions about whether to go on to higher education are found to reflect three sets of processes: individual habitus; the institutional habitus of the school, as reflected in the amount and type of guidance provided; and young people's own agency, namely, the conscious process whereby students seek out information on different options and evaluate these alternatives.

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“…Cultural capital can also be identified at the organizational level, as the 'knowledge, practices, and goods' that are consecrated as rare and desirable by organizations and that play a role in their social reproduction (Rubtsova & Dowd, 2004). 5 Importantly, it has been argued that cultural capital can be employed by organizations for status attainment (Lamont & Lareau, 1988).…”

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Social capital and management control systems: A study of a non-government organization

Chenhall¹,

Hall²,

Smith³

2010

Accounting, Organizations and Society

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In this paper we use the concept of social capital to outline a distinctive approach to understanding the interplay between management control systems and the development of social connections in and between organisations. Social capital provides a comprehensive framework for examining the nature of social connections through its focus on both structural networks (bridging) and interpersonal relationships that predispose individuals towards mutually beneficial collective action (bonding). In doing so, social capital provides a means of considering how individuals react to management control systems in terms of the social ties that exist both within the organization and external to the organization. Using a case study of a non-government organization, we show how social capital is implicated in efforts to attract economic capital and cultural capital. We demonstrate how elements of a management control system can either enhance or inhibit the bonding and bridging dimensions of social capital with potential consequences on both economic and cultural capital. We highlight the mixed and sometimes contradictory effects of management control systems on social capital, and provide a powerful illustration of the role of management control systems in brokering alliances and bridging structural holes.Key words: social capital, management control systems, non-government organizations.2 Social capital and management control systems: a study of a non-government organizationNon-government organizations (NGOs) have a central role in delivering welfare services. NGOs rely on developing social connections to draw together those in need with service providers and suppliers of welfare funding. This raises issues of how social connectedness can help organizations, such as NGOs, to deliver their services, and, consequently, has encouraged researchers to examine social infrastructures that facilitate individual and collective action of many kinds (Coleman, 1990;Foley & Edwards, 1999). Across a broad range of disciplines, the study of social connectedness has been facilitated by examining the phenomenon of social capital. Adler and Kwon (2002, p. 17) note "A growing number of sociologists, political scientists, and economists have invoked the concept of social capital in the search for answers to a broadening range of questions being confronted in their own fields." On this basis, we explore how social capital may contribute to knowledge in the area of management control systems (MCS) and how it may affect the management of NGOs.In this study our particular interest is in NGOs that provide welfare services to the community within the institutional space termed 'civil society'. 1 Providing welfare involves NGOs developing an identity to deliver humanitarian services and to attract economic capital to fund operations. At times these two functions can be in tension. Social capital has a potential role in delivering services and attracting resources, and in managing the tension between the two. Also, MCS are used both to 1 While 'civil s...

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Cultural Capital: Allusions, Gaps and Glissandos in Recent Theoretical Developments

Cited by 1,194 publications

References 34 publications

Tastes, ties, and time: A new social network dataset using Facebook.com

Tastes, ties, and time: A new social network dataset using Facebook.com

‘There was never really any question of anything else': young people's agency, institutional habitus and the transition to higher education

Social capital and management control systems: A study of a non-government organization

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