The classical sociology of parties was born alongside parties themselves. It explored their
dynamic interrelationships with states and society, as well as the tensions inherent in the fact …

Charles Tilly (1929–2008) was a pioneer in joining sociology and history. Throughout his
career, he was especially concerned with the ways in which ordinary people made political …

This article reconciles two seemingly incompatible expectations about interpersonal
interaction and social influence. One theoretical perspective predicts that an increase in …

Important work has been done to measure legislative effectiveness in the US Congress and
to explain the individual characteristics that drive it. Much less attention, however, has been …

Recent advances in data collection, computing power, and theoretical modeling have
stimulated a growing literature in economics and political science studying how social …

This article argues that elite theories can contribute significantly to our understanding of
democratization. Existing elite theories on the relationship between elite configurations and …

Complex networks facilitate the understanding of natural and man-made processes and are
classified based on the concepts they model: biological, technological, social or semantic …

We present a model of the US Congress in which social connections among Congress
members are endogenous and matter for their legislative activity. We propose a novel …

Complex networks facilitate the understanding of natural and man-made processes and are
classified based on the concepts they model: biological, technological, social or semantic …

Social network analysis (SNA) provides important tools and methods for researchers of
political elites on four issues: elite interactions, identifying elite groups and their social …