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This 2007 book provides a systematic and self-contained account of the fast-developing theory of complex social networks. Social networks are central to the understanding of most socio-economic phenomena in the modern world. The classical approach to studying them relies on a methodology that abstracts from their size and complexity. In contrast, the approach taken in this book keeps complexity at the core, whilst integrating it with the incentive considerations that are preeminent in traditional economic analysis. The treatment starts with a detailed discussion of the basic models that act as 'benchmarks' for the complex-network literature: random networks, small worlds, and scale-free networks, before studying three different forces that underlie almost all network phenomena in social contexts: diffusion, search, and play. Finally, these forces are combined into a unified framework that is brought to bear on the issue of network formation and the coevolution of agents' behaviour and their pattern of interaction.

Social networks --- Sociometry --- 302.35 --- Educational tests and measurements --- Mathematical sociology --- Social interaction --- Social psychology --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics --- Social networks. --- Sociometry.

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The analysis of how institutions are formed, how they operate and change, and how they influence behavior in society has become a major subject of inquiry in politics, sociology, and economics. A leader in applying game theory to the understanding of institutional analysis, Elinor Ostrom provides in this book a coherent method for undertaking the analysis of diverse economic, political, and social institutions.Understanding Institutional Diversity explains the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework, which enables a scholar to choose the most relevant level of interaction for a particular question. This framework examines the arena within which interactions occur, the rules employed by participants to order relationships, the attributes of a biophysical world that structures and is structured by interactions, and the attributes of a community in which a particular arena is placed.The book explains and illustrates how to use the IAD in the context of both field and experimental studies. Concentrating primarily on the rules aspect of the IAD framework, it provides empirical evidence about the diversity of rules, the calculation process used by participants in changing rules, and the design principles that characterize robust, self-organized resource governance institutions.

Diversity in the workplace. --- Multiculturalism. --- Interpersonal relations. --- Organizational behavior. --- Social norms. --- Multiculturalisme en milieu de travail --- Multiculturalisme --- Relations humaines --- Comportement organisationnel --- Normes sociales --- Diversity in the workplace --- Multiculturalism --- Interpersonal relations --- Organizational behavior --- Social norms --- 316 --- 338.22 --- #SBIB:35H300 --- 302.35 --- 658.3 --- Behavior in organizations --- Management --- Organization --- Psychology, Industrial --- Social psychology --- Human relations --- Interpersonal relationships --- Personal relations --- Relations, Interpersonal --- Relationships, Interpersonal --- Social behavior --- Object relations (Psychoanalysis) --- Cultural diversity policy --- Cultural pluralism --- Cultural pluralism policy --- Ethnic diversity policy --- Social policy --- Anti-racism --- Ethnicity --- Cultural fusion --- Cultural diversity in the workplace --- Cultural diversity in workforce --- Diversity in the workforce --- Diversity in the work place --- Multicultural diversity in the workplace --- Multicultural workforce --- Workforce diversity --- Personnel management --- Folkways --- Norms, Social --- Rules, Social --- Social rules --- Manners and customs --- Social control --- Sociologie --(algemeen) --- Economische organisatieleer. Economisch beleid. Economische politiek --- Organisatieleer: algemene werken --- Government policy --- 338.22 Economische organisatieleer. Economisch beleid. Economische politiek --- 316 Sociologie --(algemeen) --- Business management