The sum of an agent’s social network, the resources within that network, and the ability to access and mobilize the resources and individuals from that network. Social networks come in a variety of forms and compositions that include kin networks, families, business and social organization, and government institutions. Bourdieu uses the term “durable network” to imply that the people and institutions that an agent has some form of long-lasting association with or membership in. All individuals within an agent’s network have some sort of resource that the agent needs or wants for any particular reason, and an agent has a varying ability to access other people or resources within that network in the form of an exchange or social obligation.