Living in Networks

The Dynamics of Social Relations

AvClaire Bidart,Alain Degenne

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Del 49 i serien Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences

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Beskrivning

How do personal networks emerge from social contexts? How do these evolve during the course of a lifetime? How are relationships established, maintained, connected, disrupted? How does the structure of a network evolve as people face transitions and events? Based on a classic text originally published in France and that has become the standard on the empirical study of social networks there, for the first time, a network analysis perspective is extended from contexts and social circles to relationships and life events through empirical studies. Following in the tradition of personal network studies, this contribution to the field of structural analysis in Sociology offers both a synthesis of knowledge and original results from two immense surveys carried out in France. This volume proposes an original theory grounded in relational dynamics, offering novel perspectives on individual social relations over the course of a lifetime through the context of personal networks, access to social resources, and inequalities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-10-22
Mått:153 x 230 x 15 mm
Vikt:520 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences
Antal sidor:338
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108794831

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Claire Bidart is Research Director in the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Aix Marseille Univ. Alain Degenne was Research Director in the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He is the co-author with Michel Forsé of Introducing Social Networks (1999). Michel Grossetti is Research Director in the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS).

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'This wonderful book takes networks a giant step further, going beyond one-shot descriptions of personal networks to dynamic analyses of how personal networks change over time as people grow up, leave home, get married and unmarried, work and retire. Through it, we see the networks of France living and breathing. From virus to romance and social capital, the authors show how networks both cluster locally and leap around the world.' Barry Wellman, Director, NetLab Network

Innehållsförteckning

Part I. Foundations of a Sociology of Relational Dynamics: 1. Understanding Relationships; 2: Analyzing Networks; Part II. Networks and their Dynamics: 3. Relationships Do not Come out of Nowhere; 4. The Dynamics of Relationships; 5. Relationships that End, Relationships that Endure; 6. Networks and their Dynamics; 7: As the Years Go By; Part III. Networks and Social Worlds; 8. Networks Have a Spatial Dimension; 9. Soft Segregation; 10. Relationships and Networks as Resources; 11. Unequal Networks; Conclusion.