Craig M. Rawlings (North Carolina Duke University), Jeffrey A. Smith (Nova Scotia Health Authority), James Moody (North Carolina Duke University)

Network Analysis

Integrating Social Network Theory, Method, and Application with R

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For both students and professionals seeking to understand the burgeoning field of network analysis, our text offers a comprehensive overview that integrates theory, method, and cutting-edge application with R (a free platform that is becoming the standard for the field).

Produktdetails

• Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 275
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 151mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 760g
• ISBN-13: 9781107611900
• ISBN-10: 1107611903
• Artikelnr.: 68208550

Autorenporträt

Craig M. Rawlings is Associate Professor of Sociology at Duke University where he is affiliated with the Duke Network Analysis Center. His work focuses on the connections between social structures and culture, including belief systems, knowledge, meaning-making processes, and attitude change. His publications have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Sociological Science, and Poetics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Network analysis today
Part I. Thinking Structurally: 2. What is social structure?
3. What is a social network?
4. How are social network data collected?
5. How are social network data visualized?
Part II. Seeing Structure: 6. Structuration and ego-centric networks
7. Sociality and elementary forms of structure
8. Cohesion and groups
9. Hierarchy and centrality
10. Positions and roles
11. Affiliations and dualities
12. Networks and culture
Part III. Making Structural Predictions: 13. Models for networks
14. Models for network diffusion
15. Models for social influence
Conclusion: 16. Network analysis tomorrow.