What is Social Network Analysis?
The data used in social network analysis
Is there a network theory?
The History of Social Network Analysis
The sociogram and sociometry
Balance and group dynamics
Informal organization and community relations
Formal models of community and kinship
Formal methods triumphant
Getting by without the help of your friends
Entry of the social physicists
Data Collection for Social Network Analysis
Boundaries in relational data
Positional and reputational approaches
Does sampling make sense?
Organizing and Analyzing Network Data
Matrices and relational data
An analysis of directorship data
Direction and value in relational data
Computer programs for social network analysis
Terminology for Network Analysis
The language of network analysis
More than joining up the lines
The flow of information and resources
Problems in density measures
A digression on absolute density
Community structure and density
Popularity, Mediation and Exclusion
Mediation and betweenness
Centrality boosts centrality
Centralization and graph centres
The absolute centre of a graph
Bank centrality in corporate networks
Groups, Factions and Social Divisions
The components of a network
The strength and stability of components
The contours of components
Cliques within components
Intersecting social circles
Components and citation circles
Structural Locations, Classes and Positions
The structural equivalence of points
Clusters and similarities
Divisions and equivalence
Regular equivalence in roles and functions
Corporate interlocks and participations
Social Change and Development
Structural change and unintended consequences
Visualizing and Modelling
Using multidimensional scaling
Principal components and factors
Elites, communities and influence
Business elites and bank power
Notes
Bibliography
Index