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 …

2 PAUL W. HOLLAND AND SAMUEL LEINHARDT where the identification of individuals as
nodes and interpersonal relations as edges in a graph is immediate. These concepts have …

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 …

Two basic approaches to network analysis are compared in terms of the network subgroups
each produces. The relational approach, developing from traditional sociometry, focuses on …

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 …

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

Social network theory is one of the few if perhaps the only theory in social science that is not
reductionist. The theory applies to a variety of levels of analysis from small groups to entire …

This paper argues that network analyses of interorganizational relations should begin by
examining the way in which relations are organized at the local level. It posits that systematic …

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 …