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In Good Company? Personal Relationships, Network Embeddedness, and Social Inclusion

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  • Miranda J. Lubbers

    (COALESCE Lab, GRAFO Research Group, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)

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How do individuals’ networks of personal relationships affect their social in‐ and exclusion? Researchers have shown that micro‐level, informal relationships can be highly consequential for social inclusion, but in complex, contradictory ways: Personal networks reflect the degree of relational exclusion and protect against (other forms of) exclusion, but they also erode in conditions of exclusion and reproduce exclusion. While network researchers have widely studied some of these mechanisms, they have yet to embrace others. Therefore, this thematic issue reconsiders the complex relationship between personal networks and social inclusion. It offers a unique vantage point by bringing together researchers who work with different marginalised social groups, typically studied separately: refugees, transnational migrants, indigenous people, older people, people experiencing poverty, LGBT people, and women who have experienced domestic violence. This combination allows us to detect commonalities and differences in network functioning across historically excluded groups. This editorial lays the theoretical groundwork for the thematic issue and discusses the key contributions of the seventeen articles that compose the issue. We call for more attention to relationship expectations, the reciprocity of support flows, and contextual embeddedness, and question universally adopted theoretical binaries such as that of bonding and bridging social capital.

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  • Miranda J. Lubbers, 2021. "In Good Company? Personal Relationships, Network Embeddedness, and Social Inclusion," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 203-210.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v:9:y:2021:i:4:p:203-210
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    1. Francisca Ortiz & Elisa Bellotti, 2021. "The Impact of Life Trajectories on Retirement: Socioeconomic Differences in Social Support Networks," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 327-338.
    2. Julian M. Rengers & Liesbet Heyse & Rafael P. M. Wittek & Sabine Otten, 2021. "Interpersonal Antecedents to Selective Disclosure of Lesbian and Gay Identities at Work," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 388-398.
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    7. Elisa Bellotti & Susanne Boethius & Malin Åkerström & Margareta Hydén, 2021. "Ambivalent and Consistent Relationships: The Role of Personal Networks in Cases of Domestic Violence," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 211-221.
    8. Jennifer M. Ferguson, 2021. "How Do the Support Networks of Older People Influence Their Experiences of Social Isolation in Care Homes?," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 315-326.
    9. Younes Younes & Halleh Ghorashi & Elena Ponzoni, 2021. "Conflicting Experiences With Welcoming Encounters: Narratives of Newly Arrived Refugees in the Netherlands," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 222-231.
    10. Heike Hanhörster & Isabel Ramos Lobato & Sabine Weck, 2021. "People, Place, and Politics: Local Factors Shaping Middle‐Class Practices in Mixed‐Class German Neighbourhoods," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 363-374.
    11. Driss Habti, 2021. "Differentiated Embedding and Social Relationships Among Russian Migrant Physicians in Finland: A Narrative Socio‐Analysis," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 266-277.
    12. Lara‐Désirée Brinker, 2021. "Security Net and Ambassadors for Social Inclusion? The Role of Intermediaries in Host–Refugee Relationships in Homestay Programs," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 232-242.
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