Interpersonal Choice and Networks in China

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2556090
AutoresPeter M Blau (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, autor correspondente), Danching Ruan (0000-0001-7640-0690, Columbia University), Monika Ardelt (0000-0002-4313-8742, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Ano1991
Volume69
Fascículo4
Páginas1037
Data de publicação1991-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Forces (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2579301
OpenAlexW4253690949
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14

Personal choices and relations in China, a socialist country at early stages of industrialization and economic development, seem to be remarkably similar to those in the United States, a capitalist country at advanced stages, quite possibly because particularism governs personal relations regardless of cultural, political, or economic differences. In-group choices are at a maximum for young adults and decline after the thirties in both countries. Including kin in one's discussion network reduces homophily and increases, directly as well as indirectly, diversity in the networks of both. In-group choices mathematically constrain diversity but are not the only influence on it in China or the U.S. Confining discussions of serious matters largely to a friendship clique narrows the range of associates for Chinese as well as Americans. An interesting difference is that Chinese kin tend to act as brokers who link a person to diverse nonkin associates, whereas the data provide no evidence that American kin do

China · Clique · Diversity (politics) · Friendship · Homophily · Interpersonal communication · Kinship · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology