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Readings for Social Networks


  • Emirbayer, Mustafa and Jeff Goodwin.  1994.  "Network Analysis, Culture, and the Problem of Agency."  American Journal of Sociology, Volume 99, Issue 6, pp. 1411-1454.  (4.7M pdf file)
  • Erickson, Bonnie H.  1996.  "Culture, Class, and Connections."  American Journal of Sociology.  Volume 102, Issue 1, pp. 217-251.  (3.4M pdf file)
  • Granovetter, Mark.  1985.  "Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness."  American Journal of Sociology, Volume 91, Issue 3, pp. 481-510.  (3.2M pdf file)
  • Wellman, Barry.  1988.  "Structural Analysis: From Method and Metaphor to Theory and Substance."  Pages 19-61 in Barry Wellman and S.D. Berkowitz, eds., Social Structures: A Network Approach.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.  (3.6M pdf file)
  • Granovetter, Mark.  1973.  "The Strength of Weak Ties."  American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 78, Issue 6 (May), 1360-1380.


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