Political science is fascinated with networks. This fascination builds on networks' descriptive
appeal, and descriptions of networks play a prominent role in recent forays into network …

What are the relational dimensions of politics? Does the way that people and organizations
are connected to each other matter? Are our opinions affected by the people with whom we …

This book examines almost two decades of research using the structural or network
approach to political behavior. Network analysis begins with the assumption that the most …

Networks are omnipresent in our natural and social world, and they are at the heart of
politics. Relationships of many types drive political institutions, processes, and decision …

Network analysis has been used extensively in sociology over the last twenty years. This
special issue of Sociological Methods & Research reviews the substantive contributions that …

Rachel Parker, in her article 'Networked Governance or Just Networks?'in this journal, has
dealt with a very challenging question on the relevance of network interaction to governance …

Policy network analysis seeks to identify the important actors–governmental and
nongovernmental organizations, interest groups, and persons–involved in policymaking …

Policy network analysis has become the dominant paradigm for the study of the policy-
making process in British political science and has assumed great importance in Europe …

Network analysis has grown rapidly over the past two decades, but criticisms of the
approach have increased as well This article focuses on several accomplishments and …

Investigations of American politics have increasingly turned to analyses of political networks
to understand public opinion, voting behavior, the diffusion of policy ideas, bill sponsorship …