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Dalle, Pablo
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spa
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285 p.
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7593303
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (autonomus city)
8725264
Greater Buenos Aires (general region)
Abstract
We all have ties with the people that surround us; family, partners, friends, neighbors, colleagues, etc. The networks of social relationships in which we are embedded are formed by these ties, they involve emotional ties, support, conflict, trust, the circulation of information and ideas, influence, the exchange of resources, etc. Ties in these networks are characterized by their homophily, that is, the similarity in characteristics such as status (social class, educational level, etc.) or values. Participating in social networks grants access to resources that are embedded in the social structure called social capital (Lin, 2001). People can mobilize their social ties to take advantage of this social capital, which allows them to receive advice, support, information, loans, help to find a job, etc.
This thesis analyzes the class structure of social networks (family and friendship ties), class inequalities in access to social capital, and the use of social ties as a mechanism for access to employment in labor trajectories. Social capital is defined as resources embedded in a social structure which individuals can access and mobilize to obtain benefits in actions with a specific purpose and the position generator was to measure it (Lin, 2001). Also, a neoweberian perspective on class analysis was used, focusing on class homophily patterns in social ties and the role that social capital can have as a closure mechanism for class reproduction.
A mixed methods approach was used; the quantitative design consists of the statistical analysis of microdata from the Reproduction and Social Mobility in Family Trajectories and Life Courses survey (Pi-Clases, 2016) to reconstruct the patterns of class inequality in access to social capital, its mobilization and its effects in the process of social stratification. The qualitative design includes 17 semi-structured interviews carried out from a life course approach to analyze the role of social ties in the labor trajectories of service-class and working-class people in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires.
Results showed a considerable level of class homophily in social ties (family and friendship) and class inequalities in access to social capital (specially between the extremes), with a gradational trend and fluid links between strata of the same class. Furthermore, there is a permeable boundary between the middle and working class, showing a trend of a class structure that is not segmented, but with little contact between the extremes. There are also differences in access to social capital between people with different intergenerational class trajectories, showing a certain elasticity of social capital.
In addition, social ties are an important mechanism for access to employment for people of all social classes throughout their occupational trajectories (with differentiated patterns for each social class). Family and neighborhood ties are key at the early stages of occupational trajectories. In the working class, the use of social ties is linked to class reproduction, in informal work (especially for unskilled workers) or with the help of family members to get formal and skilled employment in a large company. In the service class, the role of the university, and the ties that are formed there, is key for graduates to begin their professional careers; after that, the knitting of professional networks is essential. Information about job searches and opportunities flows through social networks in different ways, ranging from the micro-informal sector to large companies and for all social classes; this includes recommendations from a neighborhood friend for a job, companies that select applicants based on recommendations from their employees through informal networks or formalized referral systems and recruitment by contacts from work-related networks, etc.
This thesis analyzes the class structure of social networks (family and friendship ties), class inequalities in access to social capital, and the use of social ties as a mechanism for access to employment in labor trajectories. Social capital is defined as resources embedded in a social structure which individuals can access and mobilize to obtain benefits in actions with a specific purpose and the position generator was to measure it (Lin, 2001). Also, a neoweberian perspective on class analysis was used, focusing on class homophily patterns in social ties and the role that social capital can have as a closure mechanism for class reproduction.
A mixed methods approach was used; the quantitative design consists of the statistical analysis of microdata from the Reproduction and Social Mobility in Family Trajectories and Life Courses survey (Pi-Clases, 2016) to reconstruct the patterns of class inequality in access to social capital, its mobilization and its effects in the process of social stratification. The qualitative design includes 17 semi-structured interviews carried out from a life course approach to analyze the role of social ties in the labor trajectories of service-class and working-class people in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires.
Results showed a considerable level of class homophily in social ties (family and friendship) and class inequalities in access to social capital (specially between the extremes), with a gradational trend and fluid links between strata of the same class. Furthermore, there is a permeable boundary between the middle and working class, showing a trend of a class structure that is not segmented, but with little contact between the extremes. There are also differences in access to social capital between people with different intergenerational class trajectories, showing a certain elasticity of social capital.
In addition, social ties are an important mechanism for access to employment for people of all social classes throughout their occupational trajectories (with differentiated patterns for each social class). Family and neighborhood ties are key at the early stages of occupational trajectories. In the working class, the use of social ties is linked to class reproduction, in informal work (especially for unskilled workers) or with the help of family members to get formal and skilled employment in a large company. In the service class, the role of the university, and the ties that are formed there, is key for graduates to begin their professional careers; after that, the knitting of professional networks is essential. Information about job searches and opportunities flows through social networks in different ways, ranging from the micro-informal sector to large companies and for all social classes; this includes recommendations from a neighborhood friend for a job, companies that select applicants based on recommendations from their employees through informal networks or formalized referral systems and recruitment by contacts from work-related networks, etc.
Título obtenido
Doctor de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en Ciencias Sociales
Institución otorgante
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales