CivilSociety Resource / Reference Library
Entrepreneurship, personal development, life coaching, return migration, research on inter-communal stress, and the Middle East

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See also: The WWW Virtual Library on Migration and Ethnic Relations

Aalbers, Rick, Dolfsma, Wilfred, & Koppius, Otto. 'Knowledge-Transfer within multi-unit companies: Communication Networks and individuals' roles'. Presented to XXIV International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Portoroz, Slovenia, 2004. Authors are from Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam School of Management, Netherlands. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=595004

Abu-Sahlieh, Sami Aldeeb Muslims in the West: Redefining the Separation of Church & State

Adler, P. and Kwon, S. 'Social Capital: Prospects for a New Concept' Academy of Management Review 27(1), p. 18.

Alsayyad, Nezar and Castells, Manuel Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam: Politics, Culture, and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization (Transnational Perspectives)

Balibar, Etienne and Swenson, James (Translator) We, the People of Europe? : Reflections on Transnational Citizenship

Barabassi, Albert-Laszlo. Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means

Barabasi, Albert. Architecture of Complexity, viewed 8/12/2003.

Bauman, Zygmunt. Liquid Modernity

Brass, Daniel, Butterfield, Kenneth, and Skaggs, Bruce, 'Relationships and Unethical Behavior: A Social Network Perspective' in Academy of Management Review, 1998, Vol 213, No. 1, p. 24.

Brown, Roger, 'The Small World Problem' Small World Problem, viewed 11/2004

Buchanan, Mark NEXUS: Small worlds and the groundbreaking science of networks

Burt, Ronald. ' The Network Structure of Social Capital', Pre-print for a chapter in Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 24

Buskens V, Yamaguchi K. "A new model for information diffusion in heterogeneous social networks"
SOCIOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY, 29: 281-325, 1999


Carr, Caleb. Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare against civilians: why it has always failed, and why it will fail again. 
(2002), New York: Random House.
According to Dr. Carr, terrorism always fails because resentment and resistance grow when civilians are mistreated. And, terrorism will stop only when it is starved of support, or when its leaders (alone) are removed. When violence against terrorist actors spills over into non-combatants' lives, then support for those terrorists will increase.
    Such unlimited war, according to Carr, has two distinctives:
    1. refusal to acknowledge any distinction between soldiers and civilians, and
    2. a willingness to target civilians.
   And, "war" is when there is a de facto state of hostile international relations, rather than a legalistic one. In other words, if there is evidence of warfare, then there exists war.
   page 16:  "Terrorism will be eradicated not when we come to some sort of accomodation with its agents, nor when we physically destroy them, but rather when it is perceived as a strategy and behavior that yields nothing save eventual defeat for those cases that inspire it.
 This extensive look at the history of terrorism and unlimited warfare provides a comprehensive perspective on what happens to rebellions and movements and governments that resort to terror of civilians to create or sustain peace.

Castles S. "The factors that make and unmake migration policies"
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW 38 (3): 852-884 FAL 2004

Clancy, Tom (Excellent description of why desperate people do desperate things) Red Rabbit

Cooperrider, David and Srivastva, Suresh. 'Appreciative Inquiry in Organizational Life', appreciative-inquiry, as reprint from Research in Organizational Change and Development, 1987, 129-169.

Couto, Richard. ' Taking Stock: Almost Everyone's Guide to Social Capital and Civil Society', Unpublished Article, Taking Stock, viewed 10/12/2003.

Devereux, Stephen and John Hoddinott.  Fieldwork in Developing Countries
Fieldwork as part of local or international development projects is the aspect of solving real  problems with real people.  There are few useable manuals on how to work with governments and agencies and illness in the midst of cross-cultural misunderstandings.  This book, Fieldwork in Developing Countries, must become required reading for researchers or analysts or program developers who might want to introduce change into communities.  The power of this book lies in the strategic combination of theoretical explanations with practical case studies. 
Some of my favorite quotes from this book are:
—Language impinges on both major components of fieldwork—the research exercise and the social or personal aspect. From both points of view, there can be little doubt that fluency is preferable to total incomprehension....But learning the language is a ‘data collection exercise’ in its own right, and the investment of valuable time and intellectual energy in acquiring this knowledge should should be assessed alongside the imperative to collect other types of data.
—Given the choice between mastering the language or obtaining good (rather than superficial) data, I chose the latter.
—So understanding the structure of communication and colloquial usage is more important than merely ‘learning the language’ – knowledge of vocabulary is not understanding of meaning.
—Employing trained teachers m ay not be the most appropriate way of learning the language’ they often teach in a dry, technical way which has little relevance to day-to-day communication. It may be better to learn from the people you will be working with—they will know the relevant vocabulary. If you are studying agriculture and living in an agrarian community, for instance, it seems sensible and logical to learn the names of corps, seasons, farming tools and so on from the farmers themselves. The notion of fluency is one of degree.
Pg88—Because I hoped to get beneath the surface of people’s rationalised explanations of their behaviour, I also wanted to be in a position where I could observe and take part in daily life, as well as carry out formal interviews.
The individual is synonymous with the stranger, an alien, you do not in an important sense exist until you reveal your networks and , more importantly, until this network can be verified by your interrogators.
My host’s acceptance of me was a sign to others that I was probably not a threat 
A rapport between interviewer and informant is absolutely crucial. The researcher has only a general idea, in advance, which processes are likely to have been especially important in any particular life history, he or she must try to make sure that the informant does not feel overly constrained by the researcher’s preconceptions. The researcher must also be flexible enough to respond to the unexpected.
--Asking other people to tell the story of their lives is a highly artificial undertaking. A ‘life story’ is an intellectual construct whose structure and content reflect the priorities of the researcher and the images the informant projects back into the past, as much as tangible realities. Despite this artificiality, I consider that it is possible to collect reasonably accurate material about certain topics in an interview that is structured around the chronology of an informant’s life, provided that it is not done naively. I would not make any grander claim for this research method.
--I interviewed different types of woman traders in order to understand why some had managed to accumulate resources, while others were caught in a rut, of low returns and under capitalisation.
--The process of selecting informants was largely additive. Also important was informants’ varying ability to analyse their own situations and actions in the rather abstract way demanded by any researcher who asks questions that being with the words ‘Why’ and ‘When’ .
—There is a ‘transparency of representation’ (Clifford 1986, p.6.) in the reporting of ‘facts’, whereby the respondent, the fieldworker and the relationship between them are rendered invisible. In contrast to this Gradgrindian approach, my view is that fieldworker-respondent relationships matter.
—In this sense, no theory is independent of observation, and all quantitative data is qualitative data is qualitative. The fieldworker should seek to use these relationships, not deny them.


Dirk de Graaf, Nan and Derk Flap, Hendrik. 'With a Little Help from My Friends: Social Resources as an Explanation of Occupational Status and Income in West Germany, The Netherlands, and the United States', in _Social Forces_ Vol. 67, No. 2 (Dec. 1988): p. 452-472.

Field, Andy. (My favorite statistical reference book) Discovering Statistics Using SPSS for Windows : Advanced Techniques for Beginners

Gibson, J. 'Social Networks, Civil Society, and the Prospects for Consolidating Russias Democratic Transition' in American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 45, No. 1, January 2001, P. 51.

Foroughi E, Misajon R, Cummins RA. "The relationships between migration, social support, and social integration on quality of life"
BEHAVIOUR CHANGE, 18, (3): 156-167, 2001

Gladwell, Malcolm Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Intensive analysis of connections between our rational, logical processes, and our subconscious-driven biases and prejudices.

Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Gould, R.V., and Fernandez, R., 'Structures of Mediation: A Formal Approach to Brokerage in Transaction Networks', in Sociological Methodology, 19: 89-126.

Granovetter, Mark. 'Strength of Weak Ties', Amercian Journal of Sociology, Vol 78, No 6 (May 1973), 1360-1380.

Grootaert, C., Narayan, D., Nyhan Jones V., Woolcock, M., 'Integrated Questionnaire for the Measurement of Social Capital (SC-IQ)' The World Bank Social Capital Thematic Group, June 23, 2003.

Guilmoto CZ, Sandron F. "The internal dynamics of migration networks in the developing countries"
POPULATION, 55, (1): 105-135, JAN-FE, 2000

Gurr, Ted. Robert Why men Rebel

Hagendoorn, Louk. 'Ethnic Categorization and Outgroup Exclusion: Cultural Values and Social Stereotypes in the Construction of Ethnic Hierarchies' in Ethnic and Racial Studies 16 No. 1, 19993, 27-51.

Hagendoorn, L., Linssen, H., and Tumanov, S. Intergroup Relations in States of the Former Soviet Union: The Perception of Russians (European Monographs in Social Psychology)

Hofstede, Geert. Culture's Consequences : Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations
Second and greatly updated version (616 pages) of work done in the 1980s, studying some cultural aspects within the global IBM employee system. Mr. Hofstede provides an example of what can be done to assess a few elements across a number of locations within a single employment group of companies. Very interesting. His presentation of survey instruments makes this valuable for those seeking different ways to compare social groups.

House, Robert. Culture, Leadership, and Organizations : The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies
Comparison of cultural values across social groups. A massive and comprehensive work (over 800 pages, published in 2004) that is the most recent attempt to provide a standardized comparison across cultures, with special attention to leadership.

Huntington,Samuel. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

Johnson, Chalmers Blowback : The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

Johnson, Chalmers The Sorrows of Empire : Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic

Kaul, Inge, ed. Providing Global Public Goods: Managing Globalization

Krebbs, Valdis. Introduction to Social Networks

Kristiansen S. "Social networks and business success - The role of subcultures in an African context"
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY, 63, (5): 1149-1171, NOV 2004

Krulfeld, R. and Macdonald, J. Power, Ethics, and Human Rights: Anthropological Studies of Refugee Research and Action

Letenyei, Laszlo. 'Rural Innovation Chains: Two Examples for the Diffusion of Rural Innovations. Review of Sociology, Vol 7 (2001) 1, 85-100.

Levitt P, Schiller NG. "Conceptualizing simultaneity: A transnational social field perspective on society"
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW 38 (3): 1002-1039 FAL 2004

Levitt, Peggy. Transnational Villagers

Murrell, Kenneth. 'International and Intellectual Roots of Appreciative Inquiry' Organization Development Journal 6 (4) (1998), 101-115.

Naples, Nancy A. Community Activism and Feminist Politics: Organizing Across Race, Class, and Gender (Perspectives on Gender)

Naples, Nancy A. and Desai, Manisha (Eds.) Women's Activism and Globalization: Linking Local Struggles and Transnational Politics

Nordstrom, Carolyn and Robben, Antonius C.G.M. Fieldwork Under Fire: Contemporary Studies of Violence and Survival

Paley , Julia. Marketing Democracy: Power and Social Movements in Post-Dictatorship Chile

Pearsson, Olle. 'Influential Authors in Library and Information Science 2000-2002. Author Networks

Phalet, Karen and Orkeny, Antal, eds. Ethnic Minorities and Inter-Ethnic Relations in Context: A Dutch Hungarian Comparison (Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series)

Piven, Frances Fox and Cloward, Richard Poor People's Movements : Why They Succeed, How They Fail

Portes, Alejandro and Rumbaut, Ruben G. Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation

Scott, John P. Social Network Analysis: A Handbook

Shohat, Ella. Talking Visions: Multicultural Feminism in a Transnational Age

Turner, John. Social Influence (Mapping Social Psychology Series).

van de Bunt, Gerhard, van Duijn, Marijtje, and Snijders, Tom, 'Friendship Networks through time: An Actor-Oriented Dynamic Statistical Network Model' in Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory 5:2 (1999): 167-192

Villamil, Jose J. (ed.). Transnational Capitalism and National Development: New Perspectives on Dependence

Wantchekon, L, 'The Paradox of 'Warlord' Democracy: A Theoretical Investigation' in American Political Science Review, Vol. 98, No. 1 (February 2004), p. 21.

Wasserman, Stanley. Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications

Westney, Lynn C. 'Historical Rankings of Science and Technology: A Citationist Perspective' The Journal of the Association for History and Computing Vol. I, No. 1., June 1998, viewed at homepageseek.com

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