|  | Knoke, David
Economic Networks
PESS - Polity Economy and Society Series
 1. Edition September 2012
20.90 Euro
2012. 180 Pages, Softcover
ISBN 978-0-7456-4998-6 - John Wiley & Sons
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| Short description
Social relations are crucial for understanding diverse economic actions and a network perspective is central to that explanation. Simple exchanges involving money, labor, and commodities combine into complexly connected systems. Economic networks span many levels of analysis, from persons (consumers, employees), to groups (households, workteams), organizations (corporations, interest groups), populations (industries, markets) and the rapidly expanding global economic system.
David Knoke blends network theories from a range of disciplines and empirical studies of domestic and international economies to illuminate how economic activity is embedded in and constrained by social ties among economic actors. Social capital, in the form of connections to others holding valuable resources, is vital for finding a job, buying a car, creating a new industry, or triggering a global financial crisis. In nontechnical terms the author explicates the core network concepts, measures, and analysis methods behind these phenomena. The book also includes many striking network diagrams to provide visual insights into complex structural patterns.
This accessible book offers an invaluable critique for both undergraduate and graduate students in economic sociology and social network analysis courses who seek a better understanding of the multifaceted economic webs in which we are all entangled.
From the contents
Contents
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Preface
1 Economics and Social Networks
Mainstream and Alternative Economic Theories
The Economic Sociology Perspective
The Social Network Perspective
Summary and Outline of the Book
2 Markets and Networks
Labor Markets
Consumer Markets
Producer Markets
Summary
3 Networks Inside Organizations
Micro-Network Concepts
Social Capital
Forming Employee Networks
Network Outcomes
Team Networking
Summary
4 Networks Among Organizations
Business Start-Up Networks
Business Groups
Interlocking Directorates
Strategic Alliances
Evolution of Interorganizational Networks
Summary
5 Global Networks
International Networks
Supply and Commodity Chains
World Cities Networks
A Transnational Capitalist Class?
Networks of the Global Financial Crisis
Summary
6 Looking Forward
Theory Construction
Empirical Tools
Connecting Economy and Polity
Appendix: Network Resources
References
Index
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