International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology Structural Power Dependence Negotiation Exchange Networks

This book provides an in-depth examination of an important, empirically supported, widely applicable theory of the causes and effects of social power in structures of social exchange. What are key causes and effects of structural inequality across many social, economic, and psychological situations of life? Power-dependence/exchange theory and relevant data are used in this book to help answer this complicated question. Crucial dimensions of interpersonal behavior, social symbolic communication, and individual social psychology are explored in the context of exchange network and group dynamics. Developed across the past 60 years, the research program covered here provides a distinctive perspective on “social exchange theory,” bringing to bear data produced through use of various research methods: qualitative ethnography, controlled laboratory experiment, vignette experiment, social sample survey, and psycholinguistic analysis. Structural Power-Dependence and Social Negotiation in Exchange Networks: A Research Program in Progressis now available in paperback for individual customers.