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Social Theory and Social Structure
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Social positions in influence networks
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors derive implications about social positions from a formal theory of social influence and derive the following conclusions about a special form of structural equivalence: if actors are structurally equivalent in the network of interpersonal influences, then any dissimilarity of their initial opinions is reduced by the social influence process.
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Class and class conflict in six western nations
TL;DR: The authors argue that people's subjective images of class and class conflict reflect a mixture of both materialist forces and the vivid subjective image of equality and consensus among family, friends, and coworkers.
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Context is king! Considering particularism in research design and reporting
TL;DR: The dichotomy of universalism and particularism is applied, and the interaction of theory and culture is discussed in order to consider the scope of validity for research findings and conclusions.
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Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Careers
TL;DR: The authors explored whether the forces of globalization affect the erosion of standard career patterns of mid-career men in twelve OECD countries, including Denmark, Mexico, The Netherlands, the UK and the US, as well as post-socialistic countries such as Hungary, Estonia and Czech Republic.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships: Personal Relationships: On and Off the Internet
Jeffrey Boase,Barry Wellman +1 more
TL;DR: The role of the internet in personal relationships is discussed in this article, where the authors suggest that the interpersonal patterns associated with internet use are the continuations of a shift in the nature of personal networks that began well before the advent of the Internet.