Social Networks and the Life Course
Integrating the Development of Human Lives and Social Relational Networks
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Beschreibung
This volume engages the interface between the development of human lives and social relational networks. It focuses on the integration of two subfields of sociology/social science--the life course and social networks. Research practitioners studying social networks typically focus on social structure or social organization, ignoring the complex lives of the people in those networks. At the same time, life course researchers tend to focus on individual lives without necessarily studying the contexts of social relationships in which lives are embedded and “linked” to one another through social networks. These patterns are changing and this book creates an audience of researchers who will better integrate the two subfields. It covers the role of social networks across the life span, from childhood and adolescence, to midlife, through old age.
This volume engages the interface between the development of human lives and social relational networks. It focuses on the integration of two subfields of sociology/social science--the life course and social networks. Research practitioners studying social networks typically focus on social structure or social organization, ignoring the complex lives of the people in those networks. At the same time, life course researchers tend to focus on individual lives without necessarily studying the contexts of social relationships in which lives are embedded and “linked” to one another through social networks. These patterns are changing and this book creates an audience of researchers who will better integrate the two subfields. It covers the role of social networks across the life span, from childhood and adolescence, to midlife, through old age.
Brings together theoretical and methodological perspectives of social networks and life course Presents cutting-edge research at the interface of life course and social network studies Addresses hypotheses about the role of social relationships in people’s lives and how these social network functions vary over the life course Identifies areas for future research studies aimed at gaps in knowledge from both sides of the social networks and life course equation
Brings together theoretical and methodological perspectives of social networks and life course
Presents cutting-edge research at the interface of life course and social network studies
Addresses hypotheses about the role of social relationships in people’s lives and how these social network functions vary over the life course
Identifies areas for future research studies aimed at gaps in knowledge from both sides of the social networks and life course equation
Autor*in
Duane F. Alwin
Themen in »Social Networks and the Life Course«
Life Course Perspectives on Social Networks Social Relationships for the Life Course Life Course Studies Social Networks Perspectives Social Relational Networks Childhood and Adolescent Social Networks Spousal Relationships over the Life Course Adolescents’ Life Course Goals Gender and Social Networks Race and Social Networks Adult Wellbeing Social Networks and Prison Therapeutic Communities Networks and School-Based Prevention Programs Inter-Generational Social Networks