Communities and networks : using social network analysis to rethink urban and community studies

• Tác giả: Katherine Giuffre
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 0745654193
• ISBN-13: 978-0745654195
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 307.76 Urban communities
• Thông tin xuất bản: Cambridge : Polity, 2013
• Mô tả vật lý: viii, 227 pages : , illustrations ; , 23 cm
• Bộ sưu tập: Xã hội, kinh tế, luật
• ID: 158410
• Chủ đề: 1. Cities and towns; 2. Cities and towns--Study and teaching; 3. Communities; 4. Social networks

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-221) and index

Tóm tắt

In Communities and Networks, Katherine Giuffre takes the science of social network analysis and applies it to key issues of living in communities, especially in urban areas, exploring question such as: How do commmunities shape our lives and identities? How do they foster either conformity or innovation? What holds communities together and what happens when they fragment or fall apart? How community life changing in response to technological advances?" -Back cover