This paper presents a dialectical view of inter-organizational net-works, viewing them as the outcome of the juxtaposition of the social paradigms of participants. After review of the fundamentals of a dia-lectical perspective, network relations among agencies providing so-cial services are analyzed from this perspective. The implications of dialectical analysis for network research are discussed.
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