SOCIAL NETWORKS AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES

SOCIAL NETWORKS AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES

Sociology 597G Professor Martina Morris

Fall, 1999 614 Oswald

5-4380

morris@pop.psu.edu

1. Origins

Aug 31

Required:

Bott, Elizabeth (1955). Urban Families: Conjugal roles and social networks. Human Relations 8: 345-83.

Coleman, J.S., E. Katz and H. Menzel (1957). The Diffusion of an innovation among physicians. Sociometry 20: 253-70.

Borgatti, S and M Everett (1992). Notions of position in network analysis. Soc Meth 22: 1-36.

Supplemental:

Moreno, J.L. (1953). Who Shall Survive? (orig. 1934). .

Bavelas, A (1948). A mathematical model for group structure. Human Org 7: 16-30.

Barnes, J.A. (1954). Class and committees in a Norwegian island parish. Human Relations 7: 39-58.

Nadel, S.F. (1956). The Theory of Social Structure. ch II & IV.

Harary, Frank (1959). Graph theoretic methods in the management sciences. Manag Sci 5: 387-403.

2. Theory: Emergent Structural Properties of Dyadic Interaction

Exchange and Social Structure

Sep 14

Required:

Howell, Nancy (1988). Understanding simple social structure: kinship units and ties. Social structures: A network approach 62-82.

Levi-Strauss, Claude (1969). The Elementary Structures of Kinship (orig. 1949). .

White, Harrison C. (1963). An Anatomy of Kinship. .

Supplemental:

Nadel (1956). The Theory of Social Structure. ch. I.

Woolford, Ellen (1984). Universals and rule options in kinship terminology: a synthesis of three formal approaches. American Ethnologist 11: 771-20.

Johnson, Jeffrey C. (1994). Anthropological contributions to the study of social networks: a review. Advances in Social Network Analysis 113-51.

Generalized Exchange

Sep 21

Required:

Yamagishi, Toshio and Karen Cook (1993). Generalized exchange and social dilemmas. Soc Psych Quarterly 56: 235-48.

Bearman, Peter S. (1996). Generalized Exchange. Amer J Soc (to appear): .

Mitchell, J. Clyde (1973). Networks, norms and institutions. Network Analysis: Studies in Human Interaction 15-35.

Ekeh, Peter P (1974). Social Exchange Theory: The two traditions. .

Agency and Structure

Sep 28

Required:

Chase, Ivan D (1982). Dynamics of hierarchy formation: the sequential development of dominance relationships. Behaviour 80: 218-40.

Padgett, John F. and Christopher K. Ansell (1993). Robust Action and the Rise of the Medici, 1400-1434. AJS 98: 1259.

Burt, Ronald S (1992). Structural holes, the social structure of competition. .

Breiger, Ronald and Phillipa Pattison (1986). Cumulated social roles: the duality of persons and their algebras. Soc Net 8: 215-56.

Supplemental:

Emirbayer, Mustafa and Jeff Goodwin (1994). Network analysis, culture and the problem of agency. Amer J Soc 99: 1411-54.

Macey, Michael W. and Andreas Flache (1995). Beyond rationality in models of choice. Ann Rev Soc 21: 73-91.

Modern Network Analysis

Oct 5

Required:

Grannovetter, M. (1979). The theory gap in social network analysis. Perspectives in Social Network Analysis .

Marsden, Peter V (1990). Network Data and Measurement. Ann Rev Soc 16: 435-63.

Wasserman, S. and K. Faust (1993). Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. ch 3 & 4.

Supplemental:

Hummon, Norm and Kathleen Carley (1993). Social networks as normal science. Soc Net 15: 1-18.

Wellman, Barry (1988). Structural Analysis: from method and metaphor to theory and substance. Social structures: A network approach 19-61.

Fall Break October 12

3. Methods

Local Networks: Data and Methods

Oct 19, 26

Required:

October 19

Burt, R. S. (1984). Network Items and the General Social Survey. Soc. Net. 6: 293-339.

Fischer, C.S. (1982). To Dwell Among Friends: Personal Networks in Town and City. ch 1 & Appendix A.

Pattison, Phillipa (1993). Algebraic Models for Social Networks. Structural analysis in the social sciences ch. 2.

October 26

Morris, Martina (1993). Epidemiology and Social Networks: Modeling Structured Diffusion. Soc. Meth. Res. 22: 99-126.

Burt, Ronald S. and Michael J. Minor (1983). Applied Network Analysis. ch 9, 10, 11.

Supplemental

Laumann, Edward O. (1973). Friends of urban men: accuracy of description, mutual choice and attitude agreement. Bonds of Pluralism: The Form and Substance of Urban Social Networks 27-32.

Bernard, H Russell, Eugene C Johnsen et al. (1990). Comparing four different methods for measuring personal social networks. Soc Net 12: 179-216.

Campbell, Karen E and Barrett A Lee (1991). Name generators in surveys of personal networks. Soc Net 13: 203-22.

Bien, W., J. Marbach and F Neyer (1991). Using egocentered networks in survey research. A methodological preview on an applicationof social network analysis in the area of family research. Soc Net 13: 75-90.

Marsden, Peter V. (1981). Models and methods for characterizing the structural parameters of groups. Social Networks 3: 1-27.

Marsden, Peter V (1993). The reliability of network density and composition measures. Soc Net 15: 399-422.

Complete Network: Data and Methods

Nov 2, 9

Required:

November 2

Laumann, E.O. and D. Knoke (1987). The Organizational State: Social Choice in National Policy Domains. 3-42 (ch 1); 94-108 (ch3).

Add health website

Wasserman and Faust (1993). Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. ., chapters 5-10

November 9

Wasserman Pstar primer (at http://kentucky.psych.uiuc.edu/pstar/index.html)

Frank, O. and D. Strauss (1986). Markov Graphs. JASA 81: 832-842.

UCINET manual

Supplemental:

Burt and Minor (1983). Applied Network Analysis. ch 13.

Irwin, Michael D and John D Kasarda (1991). Air passenger linkages and employment growth in US metropolitan areas. Amer Soc Rev 56: 524-37.

Irwin, Michael D and Holly Hughes (1992). Centrality and the structure of urban interaction: Measures, concepts and applications. Social Forces 71: 17-51.

Faust, K and S Wasserman (1992). Centrality and prestige: a review and synthesis. J Quant Anth 4: 23-78.

Pattison (1993). Algebraic Models for Social Networks. Structural analysis in the social sciences ch. 1.

Hughes, Holly L (1993). Metropolitan structure and the suburban hierarchy. Amer Soc Rev 58: 417-33.

Bearman, Peter S. and James Moody (1996). Shaping School Climate: School context, adolescent social networks, and attachement to school. unpublished manuscript .

Sampling Issues:

Nov 16

Required:

Wasserman and Faust (1993). Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. ch 2.

Thompson, Steven K and George A.F. Seber (1996). Adaptive sampling. Wiley series in probability and statistics .

Supplemental:

Grannovetter, M. (1976). Network sampling: some first steps. AJS 81: 1287-1303.

Morgan, kD.L. and S. Rytina (1977). Comment on 'Network Sampling'. AJS 83: 722-7.

Frank, Ove (1978). Sampling and estimation in large social networks. Soc Net 1: 91-101.

Erickson, Bonnie (1979). Some problems of inference from chain data. Soc Methodology 276-302.

Applications

11/23, 30

Infectious Diseases

Required:

Klovdahl, Alden S. (1985). Social networks and the spread of infectious diseases The AIDS example. Soc. Sci. and Med. 21(11): 1203-1216.

Morris, M (1997). Sexual Networks and HIV. AIDS 11: S209-S216.

Morris (1993). Epidemiology and Social Networks: Modeling Structured Diffusion. Soc. Meth. Res. 22: 99-126.

[Morris, 1997 #121]

Supplemental:

Sattenspiel, Lisa (1987). Population structure and the spread of disease. Human Biology 59: 411-438.

Hyman, JM and EA Stanley (1988). Using Mathematical Models to Understand the AIDS Epidemic. Math. Biosc. 90: 415-473.

Gupta, S and RM Anderson (1989). Networks of sexual contacts: implications for the pattern of spread of HIV. AIDS 3: 807-817.

Laumann, E.O., J.H. Gagnon et al. (1989). Monitoring the AIDS epidemic in the United States: a network approach. Science 244: 1186-1189.

Orubuloye, I.O., J.C. Caldwell and P. Caldwell (1991). Sexual networking in the Ekiti district of Nigeria. Stud Fam Plan 22: 61-73.

Haraldsdottir, S, S Gupta and RM Anderson (1992). Preliminary Studies of Sexual Networks in a Male Homosexual Community in Iceland. J.AIDS 5: 374-381.

Havanon, N, A Bennett and J Knodel (1993). Sexual networking in provincial Thailand. Stud Fam Plann 24: 1-17.

Morris, Martina (1995). Data driven network models for the spread of infectious disease. Epidemic Models: Their Structure and Relation to Data 302-322.

Klovdahl, A. S., J. J. Potterat et al. (1994). Social networks and infectious disease: the Colorado Springs Study. Social Science & Medicine 38: 79-88.

Sattenspiel, L (1994). How does a disease get from here to there? The geographic spread of AIDS and other diseases. Modeling the AIDS Epidemic chapter 26.

Woodhouse, D. E., R. B. Rothenberg et al. (1994). Mapping a social network of heterosexuals at high risk for HIV infection. Aids 8: 1331-6.

Morris, M, C Podhisita, M Wawer and M Handcock (1996). Bridge populations in the spread of HIV/AIDS in Thailand. AIDS 11: 1265-71.

Labor Force Dynamics

Required:

Grannovetter, M. (1973). The strength of weak ties. American Journal of Sociology 78: 1360-1380.

White, Harrison C. (1970). The Logic of Opportunity. Chains of Opportunity: System Models of Mobility in Organizations 1-22 ch. 1.

Supplemental:

Granovetter, M. (1995 (1974)). Getting A Job: A Study of Contacts and Careers. .

Brieger, R.L. (1976). Career attributes and network structure: a blockmodel study of a biomedical research specialty. ASR 41: 117-35.

Smith, Sandra (1993). Master's Thesis. Sociology .

Smith, Sandra (1995). PhD Thesis Proposal. Sociology .

Breiger, Ronald L. (1995). Social structure and the phenomenology of attainment. Ann Rev Soc 21: 115-36.

Social Capital

Required:

Coleman, James S (1988). Social Capital in teh Creationof Human Capital. American Journal of Sociology 94: s95-s120.

Putnam, Robert D (1995). Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital. Journal of Democracy 6: 65-78.

Jacobs, Jane (1961). The uses of city neighborhoods. The Death and Life of Great American Cities 112-140.

Lin, Nan (1999). Building a network theory of social capital. Connections 22: 28-51.

Borgatti, Stephen P, Candace Jones and Martin G. Everett (1998). Network Measures of Social Capital. Connections 21: 27-36.

Paxton, Pam (1999). Is social capital declining in the United States? A multiple indicator assessment. American Journal of Sociology 105: 88-127.