ABSTRACT
Interest in social-network resources has increased in Hungarian social research. This heightened attention has historical and political, as well as scientific motives. Examining the central themes of Hungarian research, it appears as a question of utmost importance how the change of system has affected the relative roles of various capital types and, more particularly, how the relative significance of social or interpersonal network capital has been modified. Among the independent variables, the measurement of two, economic and political resources, deserve special attention. Existing data sets, however, such as survey data from 1987 and 1997 on the development of social network resources, can be included in the given context. The findings suggest the existence of both stability and change in the pattern of the social distribution of network resources. The two strongest explanatory variables remained the same as in the past: political involvement and wealth.
