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On Relational SociologyModeling Socio-Cultural Systems
Haiko Lietz
June 6 2013
Last Year At NetSci...
Lietz: On Relational Sociology
„Connections between Human Dynamics and Network Science“
Song, Wang & Barabási, 2013, arXiv
„Network-Related Personality and the Agency Question“
Burt, Am. J. Sociol. 118, 2012, 543, DOI
high networkconcentration
~ low sociability
~ low burstiness
What is Relational Sociology?
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Undersocialized Conception
Relationalism Oversocialized Conception
Person consciously builds society
duality of individuals and self-organized society(Elias, Society of Individuals, 2001 [1939])
substitutable
Structure irrelevant as „social atoms“ act rationally (homo oeconomicus)
Networks and embeddedness(Granovetter, Am. J. Sociol. 91, 1985, 481, DOI)
dictates behavior through norms
Cultural Turn: Duality of Structure and Culture
Mische, „Relational Sociology, Culture, and Agency,“ in: Sage Handbook of Social Network Analysis, 2011
Politicians' Co-Affiliation Networks
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n = 292
Cnorm
= 18.59
Lnorm
= 1.37
Category Network Construction
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Organizations Politicians Politicians
Strong Cultural Tie Weak Cultural TieWhite, Sociologica, 1/2008, DOI
Data
t = 1
14th Bundestag(2002)
n = 572n
main component = 292
m = 11,918
t = 2
15th Bundestag(2005)
n = 517n
main component = 326
m = 5,539
t = 3
16th Bundestag(2008)
n = 532n
main component = 323
m = 7,241
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Modeling Policy Domains: Multiplexity
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t = 1 Medium Strength Culture
Domestic Policy Cultural Policy Foreign Policy
Science & Infrastr. Policy Fiscal & Budgetay Policy Faily & Health Policy
Blockmodeling Observers: 2nd Split
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t = 1 Medium Strength Culture
Blockmodeling Observers: 3rd Split
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t = 1 Medium Strength Culture
Focus on inter-dependen-cies of groups of nodes
Reichardt & White, Eur. Phys. J. B 60, 2007, 217, DOI
(Block)modeling Observers: Metrics
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Structural
k = 41C = 0.32
Positional
Homophily H = 20/41 = 0.49
t = 1 Medium Strength Culture
Predictability of Persons
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cf. 93%: Song et al., Science 327, 2010, 1018, DOI
Stability of Macro Structure
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System Is Not In Equilibrium
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t = 1 t = 2 t = 3
White: Gov't Coalition at t = 1 and t = 2
Modeling Institutions and Styles
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„Popularity Versus Similarity In Growing Networks“
Papadopoulos et al., Nature 489, 2012, 537, DOI; Barabási, Nature 489, 2012, 507, DOI
α = 2.36
Summary
Lietz: On Relational Sociology
„In the short run, actors create relations; in the long run, relations create actors.“(Padgett & Powell, „The Problem of Emergence,“ in: The Emergence of Organizations and Markets, 2012)
Positional thinking has long tradition in sociology
Modeling socio-cultural ystems- Duality of structure and culture- Duality of institution and syle- Multiplexity: Meaning from switching
Socio-cultural systems are messy: Predictaility larger when system is in reproduction mode
Hypothesis: We are more predictable in terms of weak culture
Literature on Relational Sociology
Lietz: On Relational Sociology
White, 2008, Identity and ControlAn abstract but brilliant account of socio-cultural systems
Mohr & White, Theory and Society 37, 485, DOIShort account of central thoughts of White (2008)
Padgett & Powell, 2012, The Emergence of Organizations and MarketsDeep insights from Sante Fe
Emirbayer, Am. J. Sociol. 103, 1997, 281, DOI„Manifesto for a Relational Sociology“
Fuhse, Sociological Theory 27, 2009, 51, DOIProposal to view networks as sociocultural structures
… plus the works cited in the slides
Thanks for your interest!Contact me at: [email protected]
These slides at: haikolietz.de/docs/relational.pdf
