Complexity, selectivity and asymmetry in the conformation of the power phenomenon. Analysis of Chilean society

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorCárdenas, Juan Pablo
dc.contributor.authorVidal, Gerardo
dc.contributor.authorOlivares, Gastón
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-29T10:27:40Z
dc.date.available2016-01-29T10:27:40Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractIn this work we analyzed the relationships between powerful politicians and businessmen of Chile in order to study the phenomenon of social power. We developed our study according to Complex Network Theory but also using traditional sociological theories of Power and Elites. Our analyses suggest that the studied network displays common properties of Complex Networks, such as scaling in connectivity distribution, properties of small-world networks, and modular structure, among others. We also observed that social power (a proposed metric is presented in this work) is also distributed inhomogeneously. However, the most interesting observation is that this inhomogeneous power and connectivity distribution, among other observed properties, may be the result of a dynamic and unregulated process of network growth in which powerful people tend to link to similar others. The compatibility between people, increasingly selective as the network grows, could generate the presence of extremely powerful people, but also a constant inequality of power where the difference between the most powerful is the same as among the least powerful. Our results are also in accordance with sociological theories.
dc.identifier.citationCárdenas, J. & Vidal, Gerardo & Olivares Fernández, Gastón. (2014). Complexity, Selectivity and Asymmetry in the Conformation of the Power Phenomenon. Analysis of Chilean Society. Networks and Heterogeneous Media. 10. 10.3934/nhm.2015.10.167.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/218
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3934/nhm.2015.10.167
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectComplex networks
dc.subjectsocial networks
dc.subjectmodel
dc.subjecttheory of Elites
dc.subjecttheory of social power
dc.titleComplexity, selectivity and asymmetry in the conformation of the power phenomenon. Analysis of Chilean society
dc.typeArtículo

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Complexity, selectivity and asymmetry in the conformation of the power phenomenon. Analysis of Chilean society.pdf
Size:
7.03 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Texto completo
Download

Collections

Artículos Gobierno

Implementado por OpenGeek Services