TY  - GEN
AB  - This paper discusses the importance of social network analysis (SNA) in investigating informal social protection across borders. Social network analysis is used to identify relationships among actors such as individuals, organizations, departments within organizations, and countries. One of the major strengths of SNA in the study of social protection is that it allows for the systematic analysis of relations at multiple levels and for easy visualization. When combined with qualitative interviews, SNA has the potential to provide a complete picture of interpersonal relations. The article illustrates how the combined use of methods produces distinctive data on protection strategies and their meanings. It considers the main features of network analysis in the investigation of social protection, while also giving special attention to cross-border social structures. Because of its relationship-based nature, social protection is chosen as a "strategic research site" (Merton 1963) for this methodological approach.
DA  - 2013
KW  - cross-border studies
KW  - social network analysis (SNA)
KW  - migration
KW  - ROSCA
KW  - transnationality
KW  - informal social protection
KW  - egocentric network analysis
LA  - eng
PY  - 2013
SN  - 2193-9624
SP  - 34-
TI  - Analyzing Informal Social Protection Across Borders: Synthesizing Social Network Analysis with Qualitative Interviews
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-25789673
Y2  - 2024-11-21T22:37:06
ER  -