Networks in the Global Village: Life in Contemporary Communities

Abstract

* Introduction: The Network Community: An Introduction Barry Wellman * The Elements of Personal Communities B. Wellman and Stephanie Potter * The Network Basis of Social Support: A Network Is More Than the Sum of its Ties B. Wellman and Milena Gulia * Neighbor Networks of Black and White Americans Barrett A. Lee and Karen E. Campbell * Social Networks Among the Urban Poor: Inequality and Integration in a Latin American City Vincente Espinoza * The Diversity of Personal Networks in France: Social Stratifiction and Relational Structures Alexis Ferrand, Lise Mounier, and Alain Degenne * Network Capital in Capitalist, Communist, and Postcommunist Countries Endre Sik and Barry Wellman * Getting a Job Through a Web of Guanxi in China Yanjie Bian * Personal Community Networks in Contemporary Japan Shinsuke Otani * Using Social Networks to Exit Hong Kong Janet W. Salaff, Eric Fong, and Wong Siu-lun * Net-surfers Dont Ride Alone: Virtual Communities as Communities Barry Wellman and Milena Gulia