Editing Social exchange theory (section)

== Emerson ==
Emerson was inspired by Homans and Blau's ideas. He focused on the interaction and relationship between individuals and parties. His view of social exchange theory emphasizes the resource availability, power, and dependence as primary dynamics.  He thought that relations were organized in different manners, and they could differ depending on the type and amount of the resources exchanged. He poses the idea that power and dependence are the main aspects that define a relationship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/worldsocs/emerson_richard_marc_1982/0|title=World of Sociology, Gale|last=Palmisano|first=Joseph M.|date=2002|access-date=2018-12-08}}</ref> According to Emerson, Exchange is not a theory, but a framework from which other theories can converge and be compared to structural functionalism.<ref name=Emerson />  Emerson's perspective was similar to Blau's since they both focused on the relationship power had with the exchange process.<ref name = Cook/> Emerson says that social exchange theory is an approach in sociology that is described for simplicity as an economic analysis of noneconomic social situations.<ref name=Emerson /> Exchange theory brings a quasi-economic form of analysis into those situations.<ref name=Emerson />