Social Network Analysis

John Scott

• Editore: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Anno: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781526412232
• Edizione: 4
• Categoria: Metodologia e ricerca nelle scienze sociali

Incorporating the most important and cutting-edge developments in the field, this bestselling text introduces newcomers to the key theories and techniques of social network analysis and guides more experienced analysts in their own research. New to This Edition:

• A chapter on data collection, covering a crucial phase of the research process
• Fully updated examples reiterate the continued importance of social network analysis in an increasingly interconnected world
• Detailed 'Further Reading' sections help you explore the wider literature
• Practical exercises including real-world examples of social networks enable you to apply your learning

Expanded and brought right up-to-date, this classic text remains the indispensable guide to social network analysis for students, lecturers and researchers throughout the social sciences.

Indice dei contenuti

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Illustration List
• About the Author
• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• One What is Social Network Analysis?
• Two The History of Social Network Analysis
• Three Data Collection for Social Network Analysis
• Four Organising and Analysing Network Data
• Five Terminology for Network Analysis
• Six Popularity, Mediation and Exclusion
• Seven Groups, Factions and Social Divisions
• Eight Structural Locations, Classes and Positions
• Nine Social Change and Development
• Ten Visualising and Modelling
• References
• Index