The human network : how your social position determines your power, beliefs, and behaviors / Matthew O. Jackson.

By: Jackson, Matthew O [author.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2019]Edition: First editionDescription: 336 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781101871430 (hard cover : alkaline paper)Subject(s): Social networks | Social stratification | Social statusLOC classification: HM741 .J329 2019
Contents:
Introduction: networks and human behavior -- Power and influence: central positions in networks -- Diffusion and contagion -- Too connected to fail: financial networks -- Homophily: houses divided -- Immobility and inequality: network feedback and poverty traps -- The wisdom and folly of the crowd -- The influence of our friends and our local network structures -- Globalization: our changing networks.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: networks and human behavior -- Power and influence: central positions in networks -- Diffusion and contagion -- Too connected to fail: financial networks -- Homophily: houses divided -- Immobility and inequality: network feedback and poverty traps -- The wisdom and folly of the crowd -- The influence of our friends and our local network structures -- Globalization: our changing networks.

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