Objectives

After completing this class, you will be able to:

• Use three theoretical perspectives, structural funcationalism, conflict theory, and social exchange theory, to assess how social order forms, is maintained or weakens;
• Evaluate the role of power, status, and authority in creating, maintaining, and challenging social order;
• Assess how key concepts of social exchange theory can be used to develop and implement programs to address the needs, problems and issues that arise in contemporary communities; and
• Evaluate the role of cultural and social capital and social networks in the process of social change.

Be sure to select a teammate and an article to read for next week. Teams of two, please.

Allan

Pp. 351-377 in 1st ed., pp. 293-325 2nd ed.

Blackshaw

Pp. 75-82 (Social Network Analysis), Pp. 201-214, (Political Community; Social Capital)

Other Readings Read one of these articles. Make your selection before class on October 11.

Browning, C.R., Feinberg, S.L. & Dietz, R.D. (2004). The paradox of social organization: Networks, collective efficacy and violent crime in urban neighborhoods. Social Forces 83(2), 503-534.

Cheng, L. (2009) Relationships between economics, welfare, social network factors, and net migratin in the United States. International Migration 47(4), 157-185.

Clark, A.E. & Kashima, Y. (2007) Stereotypes help people connect with others in the community: A situated functional analysis of the stereotype consistency bias in communication. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology 93(6), 1028-1039.

Dyer, J.M. & Hunter, R. (2011) Relationship of social network size to infant birth weight in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Women. Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health 13 (3), 487-493.

Espvall, M. & Dellgran, P. (2010) Can we count on each other? Reciprocity and conflicts in financial support in Sweden. International Journal of Social Welfare 19(1), 84-94.

Fleisher, M. (2009) Coping with macro-structural adversity: Chronic poverty, female youth gangs, and cultural resilience in a US African-American urban community. Journal of contingencies & Crisis Management 17(4), 274-284.

Friedman, S.R., Mateu-Gelabert, P., Curtis, R. Maslow, C., Bolyard, M. et al. (2007) Social capital or networks, negotiations and norms? A neighborhood case study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 32 (6-Supplement), S160-S170.

Kleit, R.G. (2010) Draining ties: Tie quality versus content in low-income women's social networks when displaced by redevelopment. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships 27(4), 573-588.

Knotts, H.G. (2005). Sticks, bricks, and social capital: The challenge of community development in the American deep South. Community Development Jurnal, 41(1), 37-49.

Knowlton, A.R. & Latkin, C.A. (2007) Network financial support and conflict as predictors of depressive symptoms among a highly disadvantaged population. Journal of Community Psychology 35(1), 13-28.

Klombe, M. & Ssewamala, F.M. (2007) The role of informal social networks in micro-savings mobilization. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 34(3), 35-71.

Marcoux, J.S. (2009) Escaping the gift economy. Journal of Consumer Research 36(4), 671-685.

Mason, M., Pate, P., Drapkin, M. & Sozinho, K. (2011) Motivational interviewing integrated with social network counseling for female adolescents: A randomized pilot study in urban primary care. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 41(2), 148-155.

Mulia, N., Schmidt, L., Bond, J., Jacobs, L. & Korcha, R. (2008) Stress, social support and problem drinking among women in poverty. Addiction 103(8), 1283-1293.

Schaefer, D.R. (2009). Resource variation and the development of cohesion in exchange networks. American Sociological Review 74, 551-572.

Seyfang, G. (2004). Working outside the box: Community currencies, time banks and social inclusion. Journal of Social Policy 33(1), 49-71.

Sonderskov, K.M. (2011) Explaining large-N cooperation: Generalized social trust and the social exchange heuristic. Rationality & Society 23(1), 51-74.

Additional Materials

Cheung, C.M.K. & Lee, M.K.L. (2009). Understanding the sustainability of a virtual community: Model development and empirical test. Journal of information Science 35 (3), 279-298.

Chhabra, D. (2007). Exploring social exchange theory dynamics in Native American casino settings: UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal 11(2), 31-48.

Chowdhury, F.D. (2004). The socio-cultural context of child marriage in a Bangladeshi village. International Journal of Social Welfare, 13, 244-253.

Chua, C.E., Wareham, J., &Robey, D. (2007). The role of online trading communities in managing internet auction fraud. MIS Quarterly 31(4), 759-781.

DeCindio, F., Gentile, O., Grew, P. & Redolfi, D. (2003). Community networks: Rules of behavior and social structure. The Information Society 19, 395-406.

Hand, L.S. 7 Furman, W. (2008). Rewards and costs in adolescent other-sex friendships: Comparisons to same-sex friendships and romantic relationships. Social Development 18(2), 270-287.

Hersberger, J.A., Murray, A.L. & Rioux, K.S. (2007). Examining information exchange and virtual communities: An emergent framework. Online Information Review 31(2), 135-147.

Jin, X., Cheung, C.M.K., Lee, M.K.O. & Chen, H. (2009). How to keep members using the information in a computer-supported social network. Computers in Human Behavior, 25, 1172-1181.

Kramer, M.W. (2005). Communication and social exchange processes in community theater groups. Journal of Applied Communication Research 33(2), 159-182.

Lin, T. 7 Huang, C. (2009). Understanding social loafing in knowledge contribution from the perspectives of justice and trust. Expert Systems with Applications 36, 6156-6163.

Paarlberg, L.E. & Varda, D.M. (2009). Community carrying capacity: A network perspective. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 38(4), 597-613.

Thornhill, C. (2009). The autonomy of the political: A socio-theoretical response. Philosophy & Social Criticism. 35(6), 705-735.

Vargas-Sanchez, A., Plaza-Mejia, M. & Porras-Bueno, N. (2009). Understanding residents' attitudes toward the development of industrial tourism in a former mining community. Jurnal of Travel Research 47(3), 373-387.