People :: Sociology Department

Nan Lin, Oscar L. Tang Family Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Nan Lin

Short Description of Research Approach:

Oscar L. Tang Family Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Office Info
Office:	266 Soc-Psych, Durham, NC 27708
Phone:	+1 919 660 5610
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Fax:	(919) 660-5623
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Areas of Interest:

Social networks and social capital,
Stratification/Mobility,
Mental Health,
China

My main research interests are social networks and social capital, the life stress process (especially social support as resources), social stratification and mobility, and Chinese societies.

Selected Publications/Recent Research:

Recent Publications (More Publications)

2007 Social Capital: Advances in Research (Tentative title) Lin, Nan; Erickson, Bonnie. ,2007. Oxford: Oxford University Press

2007 Social Capital and the Labor Market: Transforming Urban China Lin, Nan. ,2007. NY: Cambridge University Press

2006 Social Capital: Critical Concepts in Social Sciences. 4 volumes. Nan Lin, editor. ,forthcoming. Routledge

2006 Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Communities, Markets and Organizations Raymay Hsung, Nan Lin, and Ron Breiger, editors. ,forthcoming. Routledge

2005 “Social Capital,” edited by Jens Beckert and Milan Zagiroski. ,2005. Rutlege Ltd

(More Publications)

Course Descriptions:

Duke University. Spring & Fall 2012

Organizations and Global Competitiveness(SOC 142) Syllabus
Globalization and Development(Soc 730S-03) Syllabus

Sociology
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