Acção colectiva entre pequenos empresários: uma análise de redes sociais**

 

Marta Pedro Varanda*

 

Este texto tem como objectivo a apresentação de uma análise de redes sociais aplicada a um fenómeno de acção colectiva. A análise de redes sociais engloba um conjunto de teorias, conceitos e métodos que têm como ambição dar conta das relações entre os actores e sistematizá-las de forma rigorosa por forma a compreender as regularidades que apresentam, bem como a sua formação e transformação. O objecto do estudo é a reorganização do comércio de um centro-cidade.

Palavras-chave: redes sociais; acção colectiva; pequenos empresários.

 

Action collective de petits chefs d'entreprises: une analyse de réseaux sociaux

L'objectif de ce texte est l'analyse de réseaux sociaux applicable à un phénomène d'action collective. Cette analyse englobe un ensemble de théories, de concepts et de méthodes dont le but est de nous révéler les rapports existants entre les acteurs et de les systématiser d'une manière rigoureuse. Ce qui nous permet de comprendre leurs régularités, ainsi que leur formation et transformation. L'étude concerne la réorganisation du commerce dans un centre-ville.

Mots clés: réseaux sociaux; action collective; petits chefs d'entreprises.

 

Collective action in a group of small business owners: an analysis of social networks

This article analyzes social networks in a context of collective action. Social network analyses seek to apply a set of theories, concepts and methods, the aims of which are to describe relationships between the actors involved and organize them in a precise way so as to understand their patterns of regularity, the way they are formed, and how they change. The object of study is a reorganization of the retail trade in a city centre.

Keywords: social networks; collective action; small business owners.

 

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* ISEG (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão)/UTL e SOCIUS (Centro de investigação em sociologia económica e das organizações).

** Esta investigação foi realizada com o apoio da Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, que financiou o projecto PRAXIS/P/SOC/11214/1998.