Social Networks and the Life Course Integrating the Development of Human Lives and Social Relational Networks

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Series:
Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research (Book 2)
Author:
Duane F. Alwin, Diane H. Felmlee, Derek A. Kreager
ISBN:
9783319715445
Related ISBNs:
9783319715438
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2018-10-15
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2018
Copyright by:
Springer International Publishing AG 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Computers and Internet, Nonfiction, Psychology, Sociology