Social network analysis / John Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, John, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social networks.

Social sciences--Network analysis.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

x, 201 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : SAGE, [2013]

Summary:

The third edition of this bestselling text has been fully revised and updated to include coverage of the many developments in social network analysis (SNA) over the last decade. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book introduces these topics to newcomers and non-specialists and gives sufficient detail for more advanced users of SNA. Throughout the book, key ideas are discussed in relation to the principal software programs available for SNA.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the field, outlining both its theoretical basis and its key techniques. Drawing from the core ideas of points, lines and paths, John Scott builds a framework of network analysis that covers such measures as density, centrality, clustering, centralisation and spatialisation. He identifies the various types of clique, component and circle into which networks are formed, and he outlines an approach to socially structured positions within networks. A completely new chapter discusses recent work on network dynamics and methods for studying change over time. A final chapter discusses approaches to network visualisation.

This is an excellent resource for researchers across the social sciences and for students of social theory and research methods. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Networks and Relations 1

Relations and attributes 2

Analysis of network data 5

Interpretation of network data 7

An overview 9

2 The Development of Social Network Analysis 11

Sociometric analysis and graph theory 13

Interpersonal configurations and cliques 19

Towards formal models of structure 29

The Harvard breakthrough 34

Entry of the social physicists 38

3 Analysing Relational Data 41

Collecting relational data 41

Selection and sampling of relational data 43

Preparation of relational data 51

Organizing relational data 52

4 Lines, Neighbourhoods and Densities 63

Sociograms and graph theory 64

Density: ego-centric and socio-centric 69

A digression on absolute density 76

Community structure and density 78

5 Centrality, Peripherality and Centralization 83

Centrality: local and global 84

Centralization and graph centres 89

Bank centrality in corporate networks 94

6 Components, Cores and Cliques 99

Components, cycles and knots 100

The contours of components 107

Cliques and their intersections 112

Components and citation circles 118

7 Positions, Sets and Clusters 121

The structural equivalence of points 122

Clusters: combining and dividing points 124

Block modelling with CONCOR 126

Towards regular structural equivalence 134

Corporate interlocks and participations 136

8 Network Dynamics and Change Over Time 139

Modelling change in network structure 140

Testing explanations 143

9 Dimensions and Displays 147

Distance, space and metrics 148

Principal components and factors 153

Non-metric methods 156

Advances in network visualization 162

Elites, communities and influence 164.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-198) and index.

ISBN:

9781446209035

1446209032

9781446209042

1446209040

9781446259450

1446259455

OCLC:

823891404