Relational sociology: new era in the analysis of social networks, or an independent trend?

Authors

  • Dar'ya V. MALTSEVA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14515/monitoring.2014.4.01

Keywords:

sociological theory, network approach, social networks, network analysis, structural network analysis, relational sociology, network theory, formalist network theory, relationalist network theory

Abstract

In 1970-80s a new discipline was formed; it was named «The analysis of social networks". Despite the fact that certain ideas of the discipline claiming to be theoretical were declared by its representatives (B.Wellman), some researchers (M.Emirbayer, J. Goodwin, M. Mizrachi) started criticizing them for not being theoretical enough; they put forward the relational sociology as a more solid alternative. The evolution of the above-mentioned movements in network research is studied in the paper; each of them is autonomous and theoretically completed. To conclude, the authors describe the level of sociological knowledge referred to both trends

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Published

2014-09-10

How to Cite

MALTSEVA Д. В. (2014). Relational sociology: new era in the analysis of social networks, or an independent trend?. Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes, (4), 3. https://doi.org/10.14515/monitoring.2014.4.01

Issue

No. 4 (2014): №4 for 2014 year

Section

THEORY AND METHODOLOGY