***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ ***** Also check out: Beate Volker, "Should auld acquaintance be forgot...?: Institutions of Communism, the Transition to Capitalism and Personal Networks: The Case of East Germany", Amsterdam Thesis Publishers, 1995. She found that in former East Germany personal networks shrunk somewhat during transition. Kate Date sent: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:00:51 -0500 Send reply to: Emmanuel Koku <[log in to unmask]> From: Emmanuel Koku <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: transition and personal networks To: [log in to unmask] ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ ***** Hi, HI, Check out Endre Sik (with Hungarian data) & Vicente Espinoza's (with Latin American data) articles in Barry Wellman's book: Networks in the Global Village (Boulder, CO: Westview Press) In addition, research from the development literature (especially, those relating to responses to IMF/World Bank's structural adjustment policies) show how networks can be used to gain access to scarce but neccessary resources (food, shelter and clothing). I don't have references right on hand, but can dig further. /Em ========================================================================== Emmanuel Koku Research Consultant - Sexual Health Toronto Public Health, Policy and Planning 175 Memorial Park Avenue Toronto, Ontario. M4J 4Y6 Tel: 416 - 338 - 0905 [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= >>> Sam Friedman <[log in to unmask]> 01/29/03 07:58am >>> ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ ***** I just reached Buenos Aires for a week to help start a study on social influences on sexual and social networks, and drug user networks, in a poor neighborhood in a time of transition and turmoil. We will be working on the questionnaire over the next 2 or 3 months. I would like any ideas on either Olga s question or those raised by my study. Sam Friedman National Development and Research Institutes 71 West 23d Street, 8th floor New York, NY 10010 USA 1 212 845 4467 Fax 1 917 438 0894 [log in to unmask] >>> Olga Mayorova <[log in to unmask]> 01/28/03 14:45 PM >>> ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ ***** Hello all, Help needed. I have been trying to find citations supporting the statement that in times of social and economic transition individuals rely more on their personal networks rather than on formal institutions in their economic activities, and in particular in job searches. But my efforts were unsuccessful. From what I have found I got the impression that authors assume it to be a well-known social fact and do not cite any important works that have provided support for it's truthfulness. Any help with citations on this topic will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Olga _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. ********************* Catherine Johnson PhD Candidate Faculty of Information Studies University of Toronto Room 634 140 St George St Toronto, ON M5S 3G6 tel: 416-978-8851 fax: 416-971-1399 website:http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/phd/johnson _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.