Mario Luis Small is a sociologist and Quetelet Professor of Social Science at Columbia University.
[1] Small's research interests include urban poverty, inequality, personal networks, and qualitative and mixed methods.
[5][6][7] He is the only person to win the C. Wright Mills Award for best book twice for Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio in 2005 and Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life in 2010.
Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life, New York: Oxford University Press Small, Mario L. 2004.
Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio, Chicago: University of Chicago Press Small has published books and numerous articles on urban poverty, personal networks, socisl inequality, aocial inequality, and the relationship between qualitative and quantitative social science methods.
Rather, people often confide in those with whom they have "weak ties," as the need for understanding or empathy trumps their fear of misplaced trust.