SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Mark Granovetter, Georg Simmel, Oligarchy
28 Nov 2012
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Forms of social life: simmel and toennies: if you want to know about formal sociology you need to know two things: form and purpose. Form is the same across different community life; the way people interact is the same (at home, clubs, church, work, etc. ) Dyad - any interaction which includes two nodes; whenever two units are interacting it forms a dyad: based on essential equality, highly invested in interaction (two people) Triad - completely different from dyad: unequal, you"ve open the door to power, with three people, if only two people (alliance) agree, the third person doesn"t matter. Simmel didn"t consider if two people with unequal power interacted in a dyad. Social networks - sets of nods (individuals, groups of people, organizations) connected by ties across which social or material resources are exchanged. Strong ties are much resources; where social interaction is frequent. Weak ties are where exchange is limited; where social interactions is infrequent.
