중국의 사회적 자본: 사회 네트워크를 통한 고찰

Abstract

In recent years, the concept of social capital has become one of the most important problems in the field of social science. Many scholars have realized the relationship between social capital and social development and began to study social capital in detail. This paper is designed to explore sources of social network, as an important of social capital in contemporary China. Also, this study mainly focuses on the analysis about social capital situation in china, and attempts to discover the effective ways of constructing social capital. China’s social structure is changing dramatically in the wake of market-oriented economic reforms. After that, people in all classes tends to make in-group choices, selecting discussion network member and New Year celebrate network of similar class status. Compared to the working class, the professionals and administrators have a stronger tendence to maintain a closured social network. These findings can be explained by the relatively low degree of differentiation in China’s social class structure and by the opportunities and constraints faced by people in the different classes.