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In Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday LifeMario Small illustrates the importance of organizations in producing network-based inequality. Small argues that organizations play an underappreciatedrole in social capital research. Organizations are importantbecause network connections often develop inside of organizations, andthe broader organizational context in which a network connection developscan determine how much the connection is worth. Small contrastshis “organizational embeddedness” perspective with theoretical frameworksthat have focused on network consequences as the expense ofnetwork origins or have adopted a rational actor perspective, where actorsdevelop network connections in pursuit of the benefits those connections can provide, and have ignored the broader organizational context in whichnetwork connections develop. He illustrates the value of his perspectivewith childcare centers in New York City. If you are wondering whychildcare centers, finish the book, and you will appreciate the critical rolethese centers play in the lives of many New Yorkers

Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life. By Mario Small. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. 312.