Network Analysis and Ethnographic Problems

Process Models of a Turkish Nomad Clan

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

Using network visualization and the study of the dynamics of marriage choices, Network Analysis and Ethnographic Problems expands the theory of social practice to show how changes in the structure of a society's kinship network affect the development of social cohesion over time. Using the genealogical networks of a Turkish nomad clan, authors Douglas White and Ulla Johansen explore how changes in network cohesion are revealed to be indicative of key processes of social change. This approach alters in fundamental ways the anthropological concepts of social structure, organizational dynamics, social cohesion, marriage strategies, as well as the study of community politics within the dynamics of ongoing personal interaction.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-10-20
Mått:146 x 220 x 30 mm
Vikt:676 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:544
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739118924

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Douglas White is Professor of Anthropology and Social Networks at the University of California, Irvine. Ulla Johansen is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Cologne, Germany.

Recensioner i media

This book presents a brilliant example of the application of network analysis to kinship. . . .The applied value of this study cannot be overestimated because kin structures still play important social (and sometimes political) roles in many societies. . . .This pioneering study establishes methodology that will be in demand in anthropology, political science, economics, legal studies, and Middle Eastern studies.

Innehållsförteckning

1 Introduction:Networks, Ethnography and EmergenceChapter 2 Problems of AnalysisChapter 3 Ethnographic Setting4 Theories, Rules and ExceptionsChapter 5 Network Models and Complexity: Measures, Graphs, and ContextChapter 6 Clan Structures and DynamicsChapter 7 Marriage, Rank and Migration: Fractality in Social StructureChapter 8 Demography, Structure, and Social ChangeChapter 9 Decentralized Leadership and Network CohesionChapter 10 Graphic Approaches to Nomad Solidarity: The Endoconical ClanChapter 11 Conclusions