208 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Social Networks: An Introduction is the first textbook that combines new with still-valuable older methods and theories.
Designed to be a core text for graduate (and some undergraduate) courses in a variety of disciplines it is well-suited for everybody who makes a first encounter with the field of social networks, both academics and practitioners.
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1. Introduction 2. Representation and Conceptualization 3. Small Worlds 4. Searching in Networks, and Their Heavy Tails 5. Communities: Detection, Conflict, Cohesion, and Culture 6. Social Inequality: Prestige, Power, Brokerage, and Roles 7. Organizations as Networks 8. Methods: Data and Software
Biography
Jeroen Bruggeman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.
'Bruggeman (Univ. of Amsterdam) offers an introductory text for novice social network analysis students written in a very accessible way...His definitions of key social network terms are clear and highlighted throughout the book in sidebars, as well as offered in an extensive glossary...Recommended.' – Choice, March 2009
