Introducing Social Networks

by Alain Degenne

• ISBN13: 9780761956044
• ISBN10: 0761956042
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781446226193
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-09
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
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Summary

This first-rate introduction to the study of social networks combines a hands-on manual with an up-to-date review of the latest research and techniques.The authors provide a thorough grounding in the application of the methods of social network analysis. They offer an understanding of the theory of social structures in which social network analysis is grounded, a summary of the concepts needed for dealing with more advanced techniques, and guides for using the primary computer software packages for social network analysis.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction: The Paradigm of Structural Analysis	1	(1)
Categories and Relations	1	(2)
Structure, Constraint and Emerging Effect	3	(1)
The Position of Structural Analysis	4	(7)
Guidelines	11	(1)
Notes	12	(1)
Social Relationships and Networks	13	(15)
The Small World Problem	13	(3)
How Many People Do You Know?	16	(5)
Stars and Zones	21	(7)
Personal Networks and Circles	28	(35)
Forms of Sociability	29	(1)
Affinitive Relations	30	(2)
Homogamy and Homophily	32	(3)
Sociability Relations	35	(10)
Density and Multiplexity	45	(9)
Social Circles and the Community	54	(8)
Notes	62	(1)
Graph Theory	63	(15)
Basic Graph Theory	63	(7)
Connectedness and Hierarchy	70	(5)
Representing Relational Data	75	(2)
Notes	77	(1)
Equivalence and Cohesion	78	(29)
Cohesion	78	(8)
Equivalence	86	(10)
Statistical Approximations of Equivalence	96	(5)
Vulnerability-Based Equivalence	101	(3)
Dual Roles and Attributes	104	(2)
Notes	106	(1)
Social Capital	107	(25)
Job Market	107	(8)
Social Capital	115	(2)
Structural Holes	117	(11)
Autonomy and Articulation	128	(2)
Notes	130	(2)
Power and Centrality	132	(27)
Centralities	132	(7)
From Centrality to Power	139	(3)
Power and Exchange	142	(4)
Yardsticks for Power and Prestige	146	(2)
Local Elites	148	(2)
Organizations	150	(8)
Notes	158	(1)
Dynamics	159	(26)
Innovation Diffusion	159	(9)
Network Impact on diffusion	168	(4)
Structural Balance	172	(3)
Friendship and Accord	175	(4)
Collective Decision Models	179	(2)
Microeconomic View of Network Equilibrium	181	(3)
Notes	184	(1)
Multiple Affiliations	185	(26)
Social Circles	185	(9)
Homogeneity and Integration	194	(6)
Crisscrossing and its Effects	200	(5)
Emerging Norms and Social Order	205	(5)
Notes	210	(1)
APPENDIX	211	(18)
Matrix Operations	211	(2)
Hierarchical Clustering Procedures	213	(4)
Basic Relational Sampling	217	(4)
Structural Investigation Sampling	221	(4)
Galois Lattices and Hypergraphs	225	(2)
Software	227	(1)
Notes	228	(1)
Bibliography	229	(12)
Author Index	241	(3)
Subject Index	244