The Dark Side of the Force: A Case Study of Restructuring and Social Capital

This paper uses a case study of a Southern textile community to show how a distinct form of social capital is embedded in local networks of power and domination. Textile firms and communities in the South have undergone restructuring: technology and labor processes have modernized, firms have merged...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Rural sociology 1999-09, Vol.64 (3), p.351-372
Hauptverfasser:	Schulman, Michael D., Anderson, Cynthia
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bourdieu, Pierre (1930-2002) Capital Case studies Citizen Participation Communities Community Development Community Relations Company structure Contextual factors Cultural Capital Domination Economic Change Geographic Location Group Membership History and organization of sociology History, theory and methodology Individualized Instruction Kannapolis, North Carolina Labor Market Labor sector Labour market Local communities Modernization Networks North Carolina Organizational Change Organizational Structure Paternalism Paternalism, Industrial Power Power Structure Racial Composition Reorganization Restructuring Rural Communities Rural Development Rural sociology Social Action Social capital Social Change Social history Social networks Social research Sociology Southern States Technology Textile Industry Textile workers Textiles U.S.A United States Workers
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Zusammenfassung:	This paper uses a case study of a Southern textile community to show how a distinct form of social capital is embedded in local networks of power and domination. Textile firms and communities in the South have undergone restructuring: technology and labor processes have modernized, firms have merged, consolidated, or closed, and the number of workers has declined.
ISSN:	0036-0112 1549-0831
DOI:	10.1111/j.1549-0831.1999.tb00357.x