Social relations are crucial for understanding diverse economic
actions and a network perspective is central to that explanation.
Simple exchanges involving money, labor, and commodities combine into
complexly connected systems. Economic networks span many levels of
analysis, from persons (consumers, employees), to groups (households,
workteams), organizations (corporations, interest groups), populations
(industries, markets) and the rapidly expanding global economic
system. David Knoke blends network theories from a range of
disciplines and empirical studies of domestic and international
economies to illuminate how economic activity is embedded in and
constrained by social ties among economic actors. Social capital, in
the form of connections to others holding valuable resources, is vital
for finding a job, buying a car, creating a new industry, or
triggering a global financial crisis. In nontechnical terms the author
explicates the core network concepts, measures, and analysis methods
behind these phenomena. The book also includes many striking network
diagrams to provide visual insights into complex structural patterns.
This accessible book offers an invaluable critique for both
undergraduate and graduate students in economic sociology and social
network analysis courses who seek a better understanding of the
multifaceted economic webs in which we are all entangled.
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ISBN
9780745662909
Publisert
2018
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Vendor
Wiley Professional, Reference & Trade
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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