Social Structures: A Network Approach by Barry Wellman (English) Paperback Book

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A study of the network approach to social structures. It deals with individual behaviour and with community ties. It examines relationships within and between organizations, explores the growth of the Internet, and contrasts structural analysis with other social scientific approaches.

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This study of social structures looks at the network approach. It contains non-technical articles that contrast structural analysis with other social scientific approaches. It deals with individual behaviour and identity and with neighbourhood and community ties. It examines the relationships within and between organizations, discussing how firms occupy strategically appropriate niches. It also explores the impact of the growth of the Internet, equating computer networks as social networks connecting people in virtual communities and collaborative work.

Author Biography

Wellman is professor of sociology at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Introduction - studying social structures, B. Welmand, S.D. Berkowitz. Part 1 Thinking structurally: structural analysis - from method and metaphor to theory and substance, B. Wellman; understanding simple social structure - kinship units and ties, N. Howell; the duality of persons and groups, R.L. Breiger; the relational basis of attitudes, B.H. Erickson. Part 2 Communities: networks as personal communities, B. Wellman et al; work and community in industrializing India, L. Howard; relations of production and class rule - the hidden basis of patron-clientage, Y.M. Bodemann. Part 3 Markets: varieties of markets, H.C. White; markets and market-areas - some preliminary formulation, S.D. Berkowitz; form and substance in the analysis of the world economy, Harriet Friedmann. Part 4 Social change: misreading then rereading 19th century social change, C. Tilly; structural location and ideological divergence - Jewish Marxist intellectuals in turn-of-the-century Russia, R.J. Brym; cities and fights - material entailment analysis of the 18th century chemical revolution, D.R. White, H.G. McCann. Part 5 Social mobility: collective mobility and the persistence of dynasties, L. Teperman; economic action and social structure - the problem of embeddedness, M. Granovetter; occupational mobility - a structural model, J.H. Levine, J. Spardara. Afterword: toward a formal structural sociology, S.D. Berkowitz.

Details ISBN0762302917 Short Title SOCIAL STRUCTURES Language English ISBN-10 0762302917 ISBN-13 9780762302918 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 305 Series Number 15 Year 1997 Subtitle A Network Approach Edited by Barry Wellman Birth 1943 Author S.D. Berkowitz Imprint JAI Press Inc. Place of Publication Bingley Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Residence Toronto, -CN Pages 530 DOI 10.1604/9780762302918 UK Release Date 1997-01-01 AU Release Date 1997-01-01 NZ Release Date 1997-01-01 US Release Date 1997-01-01 Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited Series Contemporary Studies in Sociology Publication Date 1997-01-01 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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