Personal relationships have long been of central interest to social scientists, but the subject of friendship has been relatively neglected. Moreover, most studies of friendship have been social psychological. Placing Friendship in Context, first published in 1999, is a unique collection bridging so...

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Other Authors:	Adams, Rebecca G. (Editor), Allan, Graham 1948- (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1998
Series:	Structural analysis in the social sciences 15
Subjects:	Friendship Friendship / Sociological aspects Freundschaft Soziologie Aufsatzsammlung
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	Personal relationships have long been of central interest to social scientists, but the subject of friendship has been relatively neglected. Moreover, most studies of friendship have been social psychological. Placing Friendship in Context, first published in 1999, is a unique collection bridging social psychological and social structural research to advance understanding of this important subject. In it, some of the world's leading researchers explore the social and historical contexts in which friendships and other similar informal ties develop and how it is that these contexts shape the form and substance the relationships assume. Together, they demonstrate that friendship cannot be understood from individualistic or dyadic perspectives alone, but is a relationship significantly influenced by the environment in which it is generated. By analysing the ways in which friendships articulate with the social structures in which they are embedded, Placing Friendship in Context redescribes such personal relationships at both the macro and the micro level
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 206 pages)
ISBN:	9780511520747
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511520747