The basis of social skill is the ability to relate to the situation of the ‘other.' This means that whereas a given strategic actor has interests, he or she must take other people's interests into account... to imaginatively identify with the states of others. (Neil Fligstein)

The basis of social skill is the ability to relate to the situation of the ‘other.' This means that whereas a given strategic actor has interests, he or she must take other people's interests into account... to imaginatively identify with the states of others.

Neil Fligstein

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