Space, networks and class formation
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-9222.2011v3n5p6Keywords:
Class Formation, Space , Social NetworksAbstract
This article is an attempt to defend the concept of class in historical analysis. In the first part of this article I consider the basic features of the “class formation” perspective, indicating both is considerable strengths, as well as some of its weaknesses. The second part explores how the concept of class formation might be broadened to include a spatial dimension, and here I suggest that lessons can be learnt from recent developments in the social network analysis carried out by American sociologists. The third part considers how space and class formation has been treated by social historians. In the fourth section I argue that an emphasis on space as network can help aid our understanding of the dynamics of class relationships.
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2022-07-04
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SAVAGE, Mike. Space, networks and class formation. Revista Mundos do Trabalho, Florianópolis, v. 3, n. 5, p. 6–33, 2022. DOI: 10.5007/1984-9222.2011v3n5p6. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mundosdotrabalho/article/view/1984-9222.2011v3n5p6. Acesso em: 8 jan. 2026.
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