Social Capital and Its Relevance to Minority and Immigrant Populations

Grace Kao

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The concept of social capital is one of the few that has successfully migrated from sociological journals to the mainstream media. Since Coleman's (1988) formulation (which may not be the first, but is certainly the most influential), the concept has become increasingly murky and is used to include a wide array of resources that are available to individuals. It is also a highly favored concept of sociologists of education in their attempt to describe the set of resources that are conducive to educational

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