Data on social networks may be gathered for all ties linking elements of a closed population
(“complete” network data) or for the sets of ties surrounding sampled individual units …

International relations research has regarded networks as a particular mode of organization,
distinguished from markets or state hierarchies. In contrast, network analysis permits the …

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 …

This paper employs a weighted network approach to study the empirical properties of the
web of trade relationships among world countries, and its evolution over time. We show that …

The notion of position is fundamental in structural theory. However, at least two profoundly
different conceptions of position exist. The two basic types of position have radically different …

Although there have been heated debates over globalization and regionalization, refined
empirical research has been lacking. Defining globalization and regionalization as specific …

Sociology in general, and American sociology in particular, has tended to focus much of its
research efforts on advanced industrial societies, and to neglect social statics and dynamics …

Focusing on critical approaches to security, this new textbook offers readers both an
overview of key theoretical perspectives and a variety of methodological techniques. With a …

Much of the literature on development uses the world system model as a grand conceptual
scheme rather than as a theory of development. I test the world system paradigm as a …

Many methods for the description of social network structural properties are concerned with
the dual notions of social position and social role. Common goals of these methods are to …