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disposable ties: a standalone construct

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disposableties1 CONSTRUCTDisposable tiesDESMOND · SOCIAL NETWORKS

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intense but brief ties formed among strangers in poverty to meet urgent needs, which supply resources but tend to burn out quickly.

In social networks, disposable ties refers to intense but brief ties formed among strangers in poverty to meet urgent needs, which supply resources but tend to burn out quickly. This meaning comes from Desmond (2012) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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References

  1. Desmond, M. (2012). Disposable Ties and the Urban Poor. American Journal of Sociology, 117(5), 1295-1335. https://doi.org/10.1086/663574

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