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Everything old is new again:

There has been recurrent interest in social networks and social work

1. Service delivery networks. Interorganizational ties. I don't know much
about this, but several folks took my Networks 4 Newbies intro course at
the Sunbelt.

2. Social support studies. (as others have mentioned, also big in
community psychology). There's a lit review on this from the 1990s on my
website (or if not, tell me and I'll put it there), and also, Wellman &
Wortley, "Different Strokes from Different Folks" (AmJSoc, 3-90).

But for a serious search, let me remind you that INSNA went to some
trouble and expense a few years ago to put all of Connections on the web.
It's searchable, folks!

 Barry
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  Barry Wellman         Professor of Sociology        NetLab Director
  wellman at chass.utoronto.ca  http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman

  Centre for Urban & Community Studies          University of Toronto
  455 Spadina Avenue    Toronto Canada M5S 2G8    fax:+1-416-978-7162
	     To network is to live; to live is to network
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