Living in Networks: The Dynamics of Social Relations

ISBN-13: 9781108794831 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 225 str.

Claire Bidart; Alain Degenne; Michael Grosetti

Opis

Innovative study examining how relationships and personal networks evolve throughout life, and how these connect individuals and society.

Recenzje

'Living in Networks will help you understand you and your personal network. Drawing on two rich sets of data, the authors elaborate on a number of relational concepts like social circles, embedding and dissembedding mechanisms, dissociation, densification, centralization, and decentralization. This book explains convincingly the dynamics of personal relations across the life-course, the influence of education, social class, mobility, internet, and even chance. Read it. You will understand why your world is how it is.' José Luis Molina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Spis treści

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.