Social Network Analysis and Theories of Action

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Social Network Analysis and Theories of Action

• Rafael WittekDepartment of SociologyUniversity
  of Groningen

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Social networks dont explain anything!
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Todays Program

• Introductory Lecture Theories of Action
• Discussion
• Lunch Break
• Introductory Lecture Methodology

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Morning Session Overview

• 1. Social Network Analysis Toolkit Essentials
• Example Inter-Island Exchange in Melanesia
• 2. Interdependencies
• 3. Social Mechanisms
• Example Informal Control in a Paper Factory
• 4. Theories of Action
• 5. Discussion and Conclusion

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Social Network AnalysisToolkit Essentials

• Action Theoretic Paradigm
• Type of Interdependence
• Social Mechanism

Rationalism, Structuralism, Culturalism
Functional, Structural, Cognitive
Situational, Action Generating, Transformational
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Example Emergence of an Exchange Network

• The Kula Ring in Melanesia

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