Location of an actor within a network and the characteristics of that network that affects their access to social resources. 

Augustana College (IL)

Social Capital, according to Nan Lin, is the investment and mobilization of resources
resources within one's network, and is divided into two major dimensions:

- Social Resources
- Network Location

Nan Lin's Categories of Social Capital

The quality and quantity of resources that an actor can invest in, access, or mobilize.  This view emphasizes resources embedded in social relations, or resources one can access as a consequence of the relations that have to other actors within their network

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