A community of strangers: the dis-embedding of social ties.

In this paper we explore two contrasting perspectives on individuals' participation in associations. On the one hand, some have considered participation the byproduct of pre-existing friendship ties--the more friends one already has in the association, the more likely he or she is to participat...

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Main Authors: Paolo Parigi, Bogdan State, Diana Dakhlallah, Rense Corten, Karen Cook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3701679?pdf=render