SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Louis Wirth, Dependent And Independent Variables, Regression Analysis
8 Apr 2019
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In urban areas interpersonal ties are few, weak and fragmented: louis wirth. Contemporary urban settings are characterized by three structural features: large size, high density, social heterogeneity. In urban areas there is no interpersonal ties. urbanization leads to lost of community: community saved (the urban villagers) We can find solidary ties in urban neighborhoods. Many urban neighborhoods are similar to small town in both structure and interaction patterns: aspatial (not associated with a particular place) conceptions of community, propinquity (physically close with one another, community liberated. The emphasis from territory to ties: methodological question. Social network analysis: studying personal networks. Questions that produce names of members of an individual"s personal network from ego (respondent) Place limits on who respondents can name. This is a survey, with limited time and money. Depending on the survey, we are only interested in certain amount of number. Intimacy constraint: people who are important and close to you.
