SOCIOL 2RR3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Homophily, Confounding
28 Nov 2017
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Networks as strategies for reducing and coping with inequality. Def: wealth or other assets owned by a person or organization and is available for a purpose such as starting a company or investing . Refers to money or other assets owned by a person or organization. Refers to the stock of knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes embodied in the ability to perform labour so as to produce economic value. Refers to the accumulation of competency and uency with advantageous knowledge, behaviours and skill. These v. usually represent that you come from an a uent background. Refers to the networks of relationships among people. Your actions can a ect your social networks and vice versa. Ones weight in a social network can a ect the weight of others. People w/ similar characteristics: birds of a feather ock together. Maybe people w/ similar body types ock together because they see someone like.
