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Title: 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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