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Your friendship networks<br />

Figure 1 <strong>Network</strong> signatures <strong>of</strong> the basic institutional<br />

forms <strong>of</strong> social organisation<br />

Social regulation<br />

ISOLATE HIERARCHY<br />

Acquainted with<br />

each other, share<br />

general sentiment<br />

Strong tie: kin, close<br />

or old friend, etc.<br />

INDIVIDUALISM ENCLAVE<br />

Act together:<br />

coalitions <strong>of</strong> the<br />

willing<br />

Know each other<br />

Weaker, sparser bilateral<br />

ties among subalterns<br />

Denser, stronger<br />

multilateral ties between<br />

high status individuals<br />

Social<br />

integration<br />

Act together<br />

Boundary <strong>of</strong> general<br />

sentiment, cooperation<br />

and shared identity<br />

The network forms in the top half <strong>of</strong> this diagram exhibit more bilateral<br />

ties, with those in the bottom half exhibiting more multilateral ties.<br />

Similarly, those to the left involve a lower ongoing mutual dependence<br />

for material resources and support, with those to the right involving a<br />

higher mutual dependence.<br />

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