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View article: Social Network Theories: An Overview
Social Network Theories: An Overview Open
Regarding network theory, John Scott argues: “[...] [T]heoretical work has long been underdeveloped in social network analysis. While the methods themselves do not require or imply any particular sociological theory, they do require theore…
View article: Social Networks and Health Inequalities: A New Perspective for Research
Social Networks and Health Inequalities: A New Perspective for Research Open
“Tell me how much your friends earn and I’ll tell you whether you smoke, what diseases you have and how old you’re going to become!” Part of this statement should be familiar to those who are interested in the connection between social ine…
View article: Unemployment, Social Networks, and Health Inequalities
Unemployment, Social Networks, and Health Inequalities Open
The loss of employment is an event that interferes with the lives of everyone affected, causes stress, and can have a negative impact on their health. Meta-analyses show that unemployed people have a worse state of health and a mortality r…
View article: Gender and Health Inequalities: Social Networks in the Context of Health and Health Behavior
Gender and Health Inequalities: Social Networks in the Context of Health and Health Behavior Open
There are significant differences in morbidity (incidence of disease) and mortality (death rate) between men and women. By puberty, male adolescents are more likely to have health problems. During puberty, girls suffer from chronic and men…
View article: Migration as a Health Inequality Dimension? Natio-Ethno-Cultural Affiliation, Health, and Social Networks
Migration as a Health Inequality Dimension? Natio-Ethno-Cultural Affiliation, Health, and Social Networks Open
Concepts like race, migration background, or ethnic group are more and more being investigated in health research. It should be noted that those concepts themselves are very heterogeneous. They are, for example, endowed with different righ…
View article: Desiderata: Social Networks and Health Inequalities: Which Questions Remain Open?
Desiderata: Social Networks and Health Inequalities: Which Questions Remain Open? Open
“Tell me how much your friends earn, and I’ll tell you if you smoke, what diseases you have and how long your life will be!” With this somewhat pointed statement, we wanted to shed light on the empirically well-confirmed connection between…
View article: Network Analysis and Health Inequalities: A Methodological Introduction
Network Analysis and Health Inequalities: A Methodological Introduction Open
“Networks” seem to be omnipresent in modern societies (e.g., networking, online social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, or even criminal and terrorist networks), but the term and its meaning in everyday life often remain amorphous. I…
View article: Beyond structural determinism: advantages and challenges of qualitative social network analysis for studying social capital of migrants
Beyond structural determinism: advantages and challenges of qualitative social network analysis for studying social capital of migrants Open
In this article we address the challenges and advantages of studying social capital of migrant entrepreneurs, applying a mixed‐method research design involving qualitative semi‐structured interviews and standardized network map data collec…
View article: Collaborative Innovating – The Potential of Street Art to Shape Spaces
Collaborative Innovating – The Potential of Street Art to Shape Spaces Open
Research on network theory and innovativeness often addresses innovations. However, network theory lacks theory on innovativeness (the ability to participate in innovation processes), whereas the latter lacks descriptions of network theory…