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The human network : how your social position determines your power, beliefs, and behaviors / Matthew O. Jackson.

Van Pelt Library HM741 .J329 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jackson, Matthew O., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Social networks.
Social stratification.
Social status.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory.
Local Subjects:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory.
Genre:
Nonfiction.
Physical Description:
336 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Pantheon Books, [2019]
Summary:
Examines how human networks drive inequality, social immobility, and political polarization and are often overlooked factors in success and failure, examining the role of social structures in patterns ranging from disease outbreak to financial crises.
Contents:
Introduction: networks and human behavior
Power and influence: central positions in networks
Diffusion and contagion
Too connected to fail: financial networks
Homophily: houses divided
Immobility and inequality: network feedback and poverty traps
The wisdom and folly of the crowd
The influence of our friends and our local network structures
Globalization: our changing networks.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-320) and index.
ISBN:
9781101871430
1101871431
OCLC:
1029074644

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