Full Description
This is the 11th volume in a series of theoretical, review and empirically-based papers on group phenomena. The series adopts a broad conception of "group processes" consistent with prevailing ones in the social psychological literature.
Contents
Persons, indentities and social interaction, Lee Freese and Peter J. Burke; discrete event simulation and theoretical models in sociology, Thomas J. Fararo and Norman P. Hummon; action, social resources and the emergence of social structures - a rational choice theory, Nan Lin; relating power to status, Michael J. Lovaglia; a new theory of group solidarity, Barry Markovsky and Edward J. Lawler; conflict and aggression - an individual-group continuum, Jacob M. Rabbie and Hein F.M. Kidewujkx; coherent structure theory and decision-making in social networks - a case study in systems isomorphy, D.H. Judson and L.N. Gray; structure, culture and interaction - comparing two generative theories, Cecilia Ridgeway and Lynn Smith-Lovin.