Network Exchange Theory
Published on 30. October 1999
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-275-95377-5 (ISBN)
Description
The field of network exchange has grown over the last 20 years from a few scattered studies to substantial publications in leading journals. Today network exchange is as advanced as any area of sociology. Willer and his contributors present its most advanced theory, Network Exchange Theory, and, by assembling and supplementing formulations now spread across leading journals, provide scholars with a unique collection.
Contributors examine basic issues in theory as well as research. The end product is a well-tested theory which relates social structure to social action under a wide range of conditions, and is proven to be a useful tool for structural analysis at both the micro and macro levels. An important text and guide for researchers and students of social theory, structure, and social psychology.
Contributors examine basic issues in theory as well as research. The end product is a well-tested theory which relates social structure to social action under a wide range of conditions, and is proven to be a useful tool for structural analysis at both the micro and macro levels. An important text and guide for researchers and students of social theory, structure, and social psychology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
725 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-95377-5 (9780275953775)
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Person
DAVID WILLER is Professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina. Among his earlier publications are Theory and the Experimental Investigation of Social Structures (1987) and, edited with Bo Anderson, Networks Exchange and Coercion (1981).
Content
Preface Network Exchange Theory: Issues and Directions Actors in Relations Relations in Structures Power Relations Preface Power Relations in Exchange Networks by Markovsky, Willer and Patton The Discovery of Weak Power Exclusion and Power Preface Exclusion and Power: A Test of Four Theories of Power in Exchange Networks by Skvoretz and Willer Negotiated Exchanges Preface Negotiated Exchanges in Social Networks by Lovaglia et al. An Alternative for Predicting Weak Power by Lovaglia and Willer Network Connections Preface Network Connections and Exchange Ratios: Theory, Predictions and Experimental Tests by Willer and Skvoretz Power and Influence Preface Power and Influence: A Theoretical Bridge by Willer, Lovaglia and Markovsky Status Influence and Status Value by Thye Recent Problems and Solutions in Network Exchange Theory Preface An Automated Approach to the Theoretical Analysis of Difficult Problems by Lovaglia et al. A New Method for Finding Power Structures by Simpson and Willer Developing Network Exchange Theory