Network analysis is a fundamental approach to the study of social structure. This chapter traces its development, distinguishing characteristics, and analytic principles. It emphasizes …
Since the publication of Herbert Spencer's Principles of Sociology in 1875, the use of social structure as a defining concept has produced a large body of creative speculations, insights …
An Introduction to Structural Analysis: The Network Approach to Social Research discusses the fundamental concept of structural analysis. The book is comprised of five chapters that …
RS Burt - Annual review of sociology, 1980 - JSTOR
At once a connection between micro and macro level social theory as well as an epistemic link between abstract concepts and empirical research, network models offer a powerful …
A Mische - The Sage handbook of social network analysis, 2011 - torrossa.com
One of the debates surrounding social network analysis has been whether it consists of a method or a theory. Is network analysis merely a cluster of techniques for analyzing the …
This collection brings together the principal sources in the development of the techniques of social network analysis, from early metaphorical statements in Simmel and Radcliffe-Brown …
L Freeman - A Study in the Sociology of Science, 2004 - researchgate.net
This book was produced with a great deal of help from a lot of people. Many of the early practitioners of the social network approach allowed themselves to be interviewed—either …
Over the last 20 years, work within anthropology, social psychology, sociology, communications, psychology, geography, and political science has converged on the …
RL Breiger - Handbook of data analysis, 2004 - torrossa.com
RONALD L. BREIGER 'direct observation does reveal to us that… human beings are connected by a complex network of social relations. I use the term “social structure” to …