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Social Network Theorizing Using Ideal TypesFeld, Scott L.Network TheoryTheory, Social Network, Structure, Formal Concept Analysis, Prediction, Network ModelsFRI.AM2Social Network Theorizing Using Ideal Types Identifying an ideal type network by a certain combination of properties is useful to the extent that: 1) Thoseproperties occur together in nature and/or can be made to co‐occur, 2) Those properties have systematic implications/consequences of some importance, and3) The closeness of approximations to those properties can be specified such that, the nature and extent of the relevant consequences can be predicted. Therelevant consequences may be implications for the experience or behavior of the system as a whole, parts of the system, or individuals within the system.Demonstrating that an ideal type has certain implications does not assure that closer approximations necessarily yield implications that are closer to those ofthe ideal type. One often needs to specify further conditions under which particular types of closer approximation have predictable implications. Ideal typetheorizing involves careful specification of defining properties, logical derivation of important implications, and a consideration of how certain“approximations” affect those implications. Ideal type theorizing can also involve consideration of circumstances that can create the ideal type patterns. Idealtype theorizing is illustrated in this paper with respect to the ideal type of Transitivity in a Symmetric Network. Tentative lists of ideal types are presented forSymmetric Networks, Directed Network, and Ego‐Centric Networks.Social Networks And Response To The Integration Of Public HousingDominguez, SilviaQualitative and Mixed Method Network studiesImmigration, Integration, Ethnography, Human ServicesSAT.AM1This comparative study looks at immigrants that were forcefully integrated to public housing and living clustered and segregated in one neighborhood thatfought against their integration and another where they live next to an immigrant enclave to evaluate the social networks developed in response by the areasocial service providers. Through a comparative ethnography with longitudinal ethnographic interviews and participant observation, this study examines theconsequences of forced integration in two public housing developments in terms of how it affected mobilization of human services providers though socialnetworks and the consequences they had for the residents involved. Findings indicate that service providers in the antagonistic neighborhood developed tiesthat were more effective than those in the friendly immigrant neighborhood.