Why do blacks have smaller social networks than whites? The mechanism of racial identity strength
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2147689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danielle Hedegard (University of San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Pages | 2464-2484 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2017.1367019 |
| OpenAlex | W2762245652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 57 |
This manuscript develops a theoretical view of racial identity as a variable symbolic resource and uses that approach to explain a rarely addressed finding within the social network literature - why whites have larger social networks and more weak ties than do blacks. Regression modelling of General Social Survey data reveals that the variability of racial identity at the individual and category levels provides a mechanism for explaining the racial gap in social networks. Racial identities act as symbolic tools that allow actors to establish divergent quantities of social ties. For whites, a weaker racial identity increases network size and weak ties, but for blacks, it decreases both outcomes
Epistemology · Identity (music · Interpersonal ties · Mechanism (biology · Political science · Race (biology · Social group · Social identity theory · Social network (sociolinguistics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |