Redes y mecanismos de interdependencia: desarrollos teóricos más allá de los modelos de acción racional

• Autores: Sandra González Bailón
• Localización: Revista internacional de sociología, ISSN 0034-9712, Nº. 3, 2009, págs. 537-558
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.3989/ris.2008.01.14
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Networks and mechanisms of interdependence: theoretical developments beyond the rational action model
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• Resumen

  • Existe interdependencia cuando las acciones de unos individuos influyen en las decisiones (y posteriores acciones) de otros individuos. Este artículo sostiene que las redes sociales definen la estructura de ese espacio de influencia y desatan una serie de mecanismos de los que la teoría de la elección racional no puede dar cuenta. Las redes sociales abren acceso a las ideas y acciones de otros individuos, y esta exposición determina la satisfacción de umbrales, el tempo con en el que se llevan a cabo las acciones y la emergencia de procesos de contagio, cascadas de información y epidemias. Este artículo defiende que la teoría de la elección racional no ofrece las herramientas necesarias para modelizar tales procesos si no se inserta en una teoría general de redes. Éste es especialmente el caso en unos momentos en los que la interdependencia de individuos está adquiriendo, al amparo de las nuevas tecnologías, mayor relevancia empírica.

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