Economic Networks
Reeks: Economy and Society
David Knoke
- 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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