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Structural endogamy
About: Structural endogamy is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4 publications have been published within this topic receiving 91 citations.
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TL;DR: The problem of defining the properties that qualify individuals as members of a class was introduced by Bourdieu as mentioned in this paper, who identified several ways this problem poses a dilemma for the sociologist who attempts to de¢ne class objectively, on the basis of similarities and diierences in ''class situation''.
Abstract: Class, property, and structural endogamy: Visualizing networked histories LILYAN A. BRUDNER and DOUGLAS R. WHITE University of California, Irvine The problem central to this study, of delineating the properties that qualify individuals as members of a class, was opened by Bourdieu: 1 The individuals grouped in a class that is constructed in a particular respect [such as a socio-occupational category taken as an indicator of position in the relations of production governing economic practices] ... bring along with them ... secondary properties which may function as the real principles of selection and exclusion. Bourdieu goes on to identify several ways this problem poses a dilemma for the sociologist who attempts to de¢ne class objectively, on the basis of similarities and diierences in ``class situation.'' First, speci¢c eco- nomic criteria are commonly grounded in processes whereby selection and exclusion in the social ¢eld may also operate to govern quali¢cation and practices. Second, ``objective'' classi¢cations can themselves be classi¢ed as objects, possibly revealing how social analysts diier in what they take to be the primary de¢ning criteria 2 of such class group- ings. Third, diierences in the criteria for class indicators ^ even down to formal and o¤cial quali¢cations for achievements ^ may mask hidden criteria (caught up, for example, in the very struggles between social groups or classes). For Bourdieu, 3 The division into classes performed by sociology leads to the common root of the classi¢able practices which agents produce and of classi¢able judgments they make of other agents' practices and their own. The habitus is both the generative principle of objectively classi¢able judgments and the system of classi¢cations ... of these practices. Bourdieu's problematic is the generation of life-styles of ``classi¢ed and classifying practices'' by diierent internalized cultural dispositions or habitus 4 (``structured and structuring structures'') located in a class of conditionings (``objectively classi¢able conditions of existence'') and a Theory and Society 26 : 161^208, 1997. s 1997 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.
79 citations
1 Jan 1997
TL;DR: In this article, the topics of marriage and kinship through a revitalized kinetic structural approach that shifts the primary focus from abstract models of rules, terminologies, attitudes and norms to exploration of concrete relations in a population, analyzed graph-theoretically in their full complexity as networks.
Abstract: SUMMARY — This article, one of a series, approaches the topics of marriage and kinship through a revitalized kinetic structural approach that shifts the primary focus from abstract models of rules, terminologies, attitudes and norms to exploration of concrete relations in a population, analyzed graph-theoretically in their full complexity as networks. Network representation using the graphe de parente (see below) serves as the basis for examining marriage alliance theory, population structure (such as endogamy and exogamy, inbreeding, subgroups), as well as other possible concepts of general sociological interest, including social formations such as classes, strata, ethnicity, and elites (Schweizer and White 1997). This type of potentially multi-layered structural approach extends to the study of structures and processes of actual marriage and kinship practices and other forms of social linkage that build off of them. Identification of structure and processes which occur in such networks is enhanced by mapping attributes or dynamic variables onto the armature of the kinship graph. Any number of theoretical questions concerning kinship and marriage may be posed or restated to address questions of the structure of kinship networks, and thus depend upon such analysis for deeper critical insights. The focus in this discussion is specifically on the connections between graph-theoretic analysis and various substantive theoretical questions concerning kinship and marriage networks.
14 citations
1 Jan 1997
TL;DR: White et al. as mentioned in this paper explored the connections between graph-theoretic analysis and various substantive theoretical questions concerning kinship and marriage networks, and proposed a revitalized kinetic structural approach that shifts the primary focus from abstract models of rules, terminologies, attitudes and norms to exploration of concrete relations in a population.
Abstract: Math. Inf. Sci. hum., (35e annee, n°137, 1997, pp.101- 125) STRUCTURAL ENDOGAMY AND THE NETWORK GRAPHE DE PARENTE Douglas R. WHITE 1 RESUME — Endogamie structurale et le reseau graphe de parente Cet article, qui fait partie d'une serie, aborde les themes du mariage et de la parente sous un angle cinetique et structural qui deplace le centre d'interet, du point de vue initial, fait de modeles de regles, de terminologies, d'attitudes et de normes, vers l'exploration de relations concretes dans une population, que l'on analyse dans toute leur complexite, comme des reseaux, au moyen de la theorie des graphes. Une representation utilisant le graphe de parente sert de base pour etudier la theorie des alliances matrimoniales, la structure de la population (endogamie et exogamie, consanguinite, sous-groupes), aussi bien que d'autres concepts sociologiques incluant des formations sociales telles que les classes, les strates, les ethnies et les elites (Schweizer et White, 1997). Ce type d'approche structurale potentiellement multifacettes recouvre les etudes de structures et de processus concernant les pratiques actuelles en matiere de mariage et de parente et d'autres categories de lien social qui ne leur etaient pas initialement reliees. L'identification des structures et des processus qui apparaissent dans ces reseaux est renforcee par l'application des attributs et des variables dynamiques sur l'armature constituee par le graphe de parente. Toutes les questions theoriques concernant le mariage et la parente peuvent etre posees ou reformulees de maniere a interroger la structure du reseau de parente et prendre appui sur ce type d'analyse pour une exploration critique approfondie. L'objet de cette discussion concerne precisement les liens entre l'analyse en termes de graphe et differentes questions theoriques concernant les reseaux de parente et de mariage. SUMMARY — This article, one of a series, approaches the topics of marriage and kinship through a revitalized kinetic structural approach that shifts the primary focus from abstract models of rules, terminologies, attitudes and norms to exploration of concrete relations in a population, analyzed graph-theoretically in their full complexity as networks. Network representation using the graphe de parente (see below) serves as the basis for examining marriage alliance theory, population structure (such as endogamy and exogamy, inbreeding, subgroups), as well as other possible concepts of general sociological interest, including social formations such as classes, strata, ethnicity, and elites (Schweizer and White 1997). This type of potentially multi-layered structural approach extends to the study of structures and processes of actual marriage and kinship practices and other forms of social linkage that build off of them. Identification of structure and processes which occur in such networks is enhanced by mapping attributes or dynamic variables onto the armature of the kinship graph. Any number of theoretical questions concerning kinship and marriage may be posed or restated to address questions of the structure of kinship networks, and thus depend upon such analysis for deeper critical insights. The focus in this discussion is specifically on the connections between graph-theoretic analysis and various substantive theoretical questions concerning kinship and marriage networks. University of California, Irvine , U.S.A.
10 citations
1 Mar 1997
TL;DR: A revitalized kinetic structural approach that shifts the primary focus from abstract models of rules, terminologies, attitudes and norms to exploration of concrete relations in a population, analyzed graph-theoretically in their full complexity as networks is presented in this paper.
Abstract: This article, one of a series, approaches the topics of marriage and kinship through a revitalized kinetic structural approach that shifts the primary focus from abstract models of rules, terminologies, attitudes and norms to exploration of concrete relations in a population, analyzed graph-theoretically in their full complexity as networks Network representation using the graphe de parente (see below) serves as the basis for examining marriage alliance theory, population structure (such as endogamy and exogamy, inbreeding, subgroups), as well as other possible concepts of general sociological interest, including social formations such as classes, strata, ethnicity, and elites (Schweizer and White 1997) This type of potentially multi-layered structural approach extends to the study of structures and processes of actual marriage and kinship practices and other forms of social linkage that build off of them Identification of structure and processes which occur in such networks is enhanced by mapping attributes or dynamic variables onto the armature of the kinship graph Any number of theoretical questions concerning kinship and marriage may be posed or restated to address questions of the structure of kinship networks, and thus depend upon such analysis for deeper critical insights The focus in this discussion is specifically on the connections between graph-theoretic analysis and various substantive theoretical questions concerning kinship and marriage networks
2 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 1997 | 4 |