The cultural bases of soviet Georgia's second economy

Mars, Gerald; Altman, Yochanan

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“…Social network sampling approaches and network recruitment strategies have been used in studies previously reported in the literature (Lovely et al ., 1993;Curtis et al ., 1995;McCarty et al ., 1997;Rothenberg et al ., 2000). However, these past studies have not had as their main focus the practical description of step-by-step procedural details used to locate, identify, and recruit social networks at-risk for HIV.…”

Section: Applicability Of Social Network Interventions In Central Andmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…However, there is a stable and longstanding cultural pattern of individuals strongly perceiving themselves to belong to a social network and turning to network members for support (Mars & Altman, 1983;Wedel, 1986;Czako & Sik, 1988;Pawlik, 1992;Sik, 1994;Wetherel et al ., 1994;Lampland, 1995). Social networks played an important role in meeting individuals' social support and survival needs during the socialist era, with its high levels of deficiency even in basic services and goods.…”

Section: Applicability Of Social Network Interventions In Central Andmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Identifying, recruiting, and assessing social networks at high risk for HIV/AIDS: Methodology, practice, and a case study in St Petersburg, Russia

2005

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Population segments at highest risk for HIV are often hidden, marginalized, and hard to reach by conventional prevention programmes. This pattern is especially true in Central and Eastern Europe, where major HIV epidemics have recently appeared, where population members do not perceive themselves as belonging to a community, and where there is little precedence for strong community-based organization service programmes. In these circumstances, naturally existing intact social networks still can be targeted by prevention programmes. HIV prevention interventions undertaken with at-risk social networks can establish new group norms, reduce the risk behaviour of network members, and can reach 'hidden' members of a population known personally to leaders of the social networks. This article illustrates a methodology and a practical description for: (1) accessing high-risk social networks in a community population; (2) identifying and enumerating the membership of the social networks; (3) identifying the social leadership of the networks; and (4) establishing the HIV risk behaviour levels of the recruited networks. To illustrate how social network methods can be applied in the field, the article provides case study reports of HIV prevention fieldwork practice targeting high-risk networks of young men who have sex with men and young heterosexual adults in St Petersburg, Russia. Although there is an extensive conceptual literature on the influence of social networks on risk behaviour, this article describes specific and practical techniques that can be in the development of approaches for social network-based interventions.

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Section: Applicability Of Social Network Interventions In Central Andmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Applicability Of Social Network Interventions In Central Andmentioning

confidence: 97%

Identifying, recruiting, and assessing social networks at high risk for HIV/AIDS: Methodology, practice, and a case study in St Petersburg, Russia

2005

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“…Georgian entrepreneurs were the most content group of business people in the three nations studied ( 2 (4) 149.52, p < 0.001). Despite the tiring nature of their work, their life style and new-found ®nances gave them considerable independence which allowed them the ®nances to participate fully in a social life, to make visits and to give gifts to others, a key element of social interaction in Georgian society (Mars & Altman, 1983). The full development of social networks among Georgian entrepreneurs not only provided individuals with a major economic resource, but also allowed for the extension of`grey economy' relationships established under the former Soviet system (where`Georgian men not only [bene®ted from] economically``screwing the system'' ± their very honour as men [demanded] that they should screw it excessively' (Mars & Altman, 1983, p. 599)).…”

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Social support in a changing Europe: an analysis of three post‐communist nations

Nizharadze

Luu

Kósa

et al. 2001

Euro J Social Psych

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Despite the continuing interest in social transitions among social scientists, there has been little analysis of the impact of societal change on personal relationships. One important factor in helping individuals deal with the stresses associated with rapid transitions is social support. In our ®rst study, 450 manual workers, students and entrepreneurs in Russia, Georgia and Hungary completed structured questionnaires assessing demographic and value predictors of the perception of support availability and the support they obtained to deal with changes in their societies. In our second study, the same respondents participated in semi-structured interviews investigating the relationship between their work lives and support networks. Our ®ndings demonstrate the importance of culture, occupation and values for both the perception and reception of support, and underline the multifaceted manner in which different work experiences in different nations in¯uence support networks.

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“…As mentioned before, many of the vendors were middle-class citizens with an academic background who would not normally consider the trading of petty commodities an honourable means of earning a living. In this respect, people who fall outside the moral claims of the majority society are far better equipped to cope when new ways of earning a living are called for (Konstantinov, Kressel & Thuen 1994;Mars & Altman 1983).…”

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Two Epochs of Norwegian‐Russian trade relations: From symmetry to asymmetry

Thuen

1993

Acta Borealia

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The cultural bases of soviet Georgia's second economy

Cited by 78 publications

References 3 publications

Identifying, recruiting, and assessing social networks at high risk for HIV/AIDS: Methodology, practice, and a case study in St Petersburg, Russia

Identifying, recruiting, and assessing social networks at high risk for HIV/AIDS: Methodology, practice, and a case study in St Petersburg, Russia

Social support in a changing Europe: an analysis of three post‐communist nations

Two Epochs of Norwegian‐Russian trade relations: From symmetry to asymmetry

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