Network analysis is a fundamental approach to the study of social structure. This chapter
traces its development, distinguishing characteristics, and analytic principles. It emphasizes …

Structural (or network) analysis has mystified many social scientists. Some have rejected it
as mere methodology, which lacks due regard for substantive issues. Some have fled from …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

To appreciate fully the distinctive theoretical underpinnings of network approaches to social
phenomena, a comparison with more traditional, individualistic approaches may be useful …

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 …

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 …