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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Matthew O., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social networks.

Social stratification.

Social status.

Physical Description:

336 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Vintage Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.

Summary:

Inequality, social immobility, and political polarization are only a few crucial phenomena driven by the inevitability of social structures. Social structures determine who has power and influence, account for why people fail to assimilate basic facts, and enlarge our understanding of patterns of contagion-from the spread of disease to financial crises. Despite their primary role in shaping our lives, human networks are often overlooked when we try to account for our most important political and economic practices. Matthew O. Jackson brilliantly illuminates the complexity of the social networks in which we are-often unwittingly-positioned and aims to facilitate a deeper appreciation of why we are who we are. Ranging across disciplines-psychology, behavioral economics, sociology, and business-and rich with historical analogies and anecdotes, The Human Network provides a galvanizing account of what can drive success or failure in life. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: networks and human behavior

Power and influence: central positons in networks

Diffusion and contagion

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 and index.

ISBN:

1101972963

9781101972960

OCLC:

1111711744