List of Figures ... ⅶ
List of Tables ... ⅷ
Contributors ... ⅸ
Acknowledgements ... ⅹⅲ
1 Introduction ... 1
2 Social Networks and Social Exclusion: An Overview of the Debate ... 7
3 Measuring Social Networks and Assessing their Benefits ... 20
4 Social Networks and Social Support in Later Life ... 35
5 Networks and Neighbourhoods: Children's Accounts of Friendship, Family and Place ... 50
6 Capturing Personal Communities ... 72
7 Cultural Capital, Social Networks and Social Contexts: Cultural Orientations Toward Spare Time Practices in a New Town ... 97
8 Diversity in Partnership Histories: Implications for Older Adults' Social Integration ... 117
9 Social Networks as Mediators Between the Harsh Circumstances of People's Lives, and their Lived Experience of Health and Well-being ... 142
10 Older People in Urban Neighbourhoods: Addressing the Risk of Social Exclusion in Later Life ... 162
11 Can Government Influence our Friendships? The Range and Limits of Tools for Trying to Shape Solidarities ... 180
12 Community Issues and Social Networks ... 205
13 Public Policy and Social Networks: Just How 'Socially Aware' is the Policy-making Process? ... 219
Bibliography ... 236
Index ... 267
List of Tables ... ⅷ
Contributors ... ⅸ
Acknowledgements ... ⅹⅲ
1 Introduction ... 1
2 Social Networks and Social Exclusion: An Overview of the Debate ... 7
3 Measuring Social Networks and Assessing their Benefits ... 20
4 Social Networks and Social Support in Later Life ... 35
5 Networks and Neighbourhoods: Children's Accounts of Friendship, Family and Place ... 50
6 Capturing Personal Communities ... 72
7 Cultural Capital, Social Networks and Social Contexts: Cultural Orientations Toward Spare Time Practices in a New Town ... 97
8 Diversity in Partnership Histories: Implications for Older Adults' Social Integration ... 117
9 Social Networks as Mediators Between the Harsh Circumstances of People's Lives, and their Lived Experience of Health and Well-being ... 142
10 Older People in Urban Neighbourhoods: Addressing the Risk of Social Exclusion in Later Life ... 162
11 Can Government Influence our Friendships? The Range and Limits of Tools for Trying to Shape Solidarities ... 180
12 Community Issues and Social Networks ... 205
13 Public Policy and Social Networks: Just How 'Socially Aware' is the Policy-making Process? ... 219
Bibliography ... 236
Index ... 267