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Festinger, Schachter, and Back’s Social Pressures in Informal Groups

from II - Early Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

By
John Levi Martin  and
Hyunku Kwon
Edited by
Mario L. Small ,
Brea L. Perry ,
Bernice Pescosolido  and
Edward B. Smith
Mario L. Small
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Brea L. Perry
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Bernice Pescosolido
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Edward B. Smith
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Illinois
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Summary

There has, one often hears, been remarkable progress in social network analysis since its origin in the mid-twentieth century. It is common wisdom now that we cannot simply examine patterns and make confident ascriptions that networks do this or do that. Coming from our forced détente with economists, who have become interested in networks since Montgomery (1991), we have been increasingly concerned with replacing mere pattern recognition with robust identification strategies.

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Personal Networks
Classic Readings and New Directions in Egocentric Analysis
 , pp. 151 - 162
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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