Placing Friendship in Context by Rebecca G Adams
Personal relationships have long been of central interest to social scientists, but the subject of friendship has been relatively neglected. Moreover, most studies of friendship have been social psychological. Placing Friendship in Context is a unique collection bridging social psychological and social structural research to advance understanding of this important subject. In it, some of the world's leading researchers explore the social and historical contexts in which friendships and other similar informal ties develop and how it is that these contexts shape the form and substance the relationships assume. Together, they demonstrate that friendship cannot be understood from individualistic or dyadic perspectives alone, but is a relationship significantly influenced by the environment in which it is generated. By analysing the ways in which friendships articulate with the social structures in which they are embedded, Placing Friendship in Context redescribes such personal relationships at both the macro and the micro level.
"Placing Friendships in Context is a provocative addition to the sociological literature...it provides a fresh look at an essential building block of social life." Stephanie Potter, CJS Online
"Placing Friendships in Context is a provocative addition to the sociological literature....it provides a fresh look at an essential building block of social life." CJS Online
"Placing Friendships in Context is a provocative addition to the sociological literature....it provides a fresh look at an essential building block of social life." CJS Online
Graham Allan is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Southampton. His main -- teaching and research interests are informal social relations and domestic life. His publications include Family Life; Friendship: Developing a Sociological Perspective, and edited jointly with Graham Crowe, Home and Family. Chris Skinner is Senior Lecturer in Social Statistics at the University of Southampton. His main teaching and research interests include sample surveys and statistical theory. He was the first course tutor of the Faculty of Social Science Postgraduate Research Training Scheme at the university.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521585897 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521585899 |
| Title | Placing Friendship in Context |
| Author | Rebecca G Adams |
| Series | Structural Analysis In The Social Sciences |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1999-01-28 |
| Number of pages | 222 |
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