Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life politics & satire Appealingly illustrated with nearly one

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Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life politics & satire Appealingly illustrated with nearly oneSocial capital theorists have shown that some people do better than others in part because they enjoy larger, more supportive, or otherwise more useful networks. But why do some people have better networks than others? Unanticipated Gains argues that the practice and structure of the churches, colleges, firms, gyms, childcare centers, and schools in which people happen to participate routinely matter more than their deliberate "networking." Exploring