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100 1 0 _aTronca, Luigi
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700 1 0 _a Sità, Chiara
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245 0 0 _aSocial networks and social work: A challenge for structural interactionism
260 _c2020.
500 _a68
520 _aThe knowledge of what is “social” cannot just emerge from individual actions or social systems. We must therefore consider a research paradigm that bases its analysis on relationships and social networks and on the ways they are integrated into the subjects’ experiences. This may be a way for sociology to better support social intervention policies by providing a relational understanding of the social contexts they are intended to modify. This article outlines a reflection on structural interactionism as an epistemological framework for the integration of social network analysis and narrative interviews aimed at designing case studies in the field of social work studies and practice. The integration of these two methods is explored by drawing on empirical data. In particular, the paper focuses on the potential of this integration as a methodological device to grasp the position of the user within her relational resources, both formal and informal.
690 _asocial network analysis
690 _avulnerability
690 _asocial work
690 _aadulthood
690 _anarrative interview
690 _astructural interactionism
786 0 _nRevue européenne des sciences sociales | 57-2 | 2 | 2020-01-07 | p. 193-227 | 0048-8046
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-europeenne-des-sciences-sociales-2019-2-page-193?lang=en
999 _c209164
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