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James Coleman (sociologist)


 

James Coleman (1926-1995) was a famous sociologist at the University of Chicago who studied US schools segregation (and was the author of the "Coleman Report" of 1966) and crafted the rational choice theory of social capital.

Key writings

Coleman, James S. 1988. "Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital". The American Journal of Sociology, 94: S95-S120.

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