Social Network Analysis: Methods and Examples - Softcover

Yang, Song; Keller, Franziska B; Zheng, Lu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1483325210 ISBN 13: 9781483325217

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Social Network Analysis: Methods and Examples by Song Yang, Franziska B. Keller, and Lu Zheng prepares social science students to conduct their own social network analysis (SNA) by covering basic methodological tools along with illustrative examples from various fields. This innovative book takes a conceptual rather than a mathematical approach as it discusses the connection between what SNA methods have to offer and how those methods are used in research design, data collection, and analysis. Four substantive applications chapters provide examples from politics, work and organizations, mental and physical health, and crime and terrorism studies.

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About the Author

Song Yang (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2002) is a professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Arkansas. His teaching and research areas are social network analysis, including business, economic, and organizational networks, work and organization studies, and social statistics. He published many articles and chapters, with the most recent ones on Journal of Business Research and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. He has written several books, including Social Network Analysis (2008, with David Knoke), The Invisible Hands of Political Parties in Presidential Elections: Party Activists and Political Aggregation from 2004 to 2012 (2013, with Andrew Dowdle, Scott Limbocker, Patrick Stewart, and Karen Sebold), and Social Network Analysis: Methods and Examples (2016, with Franziska Keller, and Lu Zheng).

 

 

Franziska Barbara Keller has received her PhD degree from New York University’s Department of Politics, and is currently Assistant Professor at the Division of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her work uses Social Network Analysis to examine informal politics in authoritarian regimes. Her research has been supported by organizations such as the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation, and has received the John Sprague Award by the Political Network Section of the American Political Science Association. Her most recent publication, “Moving Beyond Factions: Using Social Network Analysis to Uncover Patronage Networks Among Chinese Elites”, has appeared in the Journal of East Asian Studies.

Lu Zheng is Associate Professor of Sociology in Tsinghua University, China and Adjunct Professor of Sociology in Texas A&M University, USA. His research projects focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR), social governance, and China’s ongoing urbanization process. His publications appear in Social Forces, British Journal of Sociology, Social Science Research, and China Quarterly, etc. His paper on listed firms in China’s stock market won the Best Paper Award from the International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Biennial Conference in 2012. His most recent coauthored book is Data you need to know about China: Research Report of China Household Finance Survey (2014).

Review

"In the growing literature on social networks, Social Network Analysis: Methods and Examples stands out for the authors′ ability to introduce readers to key network theoretical concepts, methodology, and applications in a variety of fields in a very accessible and clear fashion." -- Renato Corbetta

"An excellent introduction to the emerging field of social networks, providing the foundation to become engaged in the practice of social network analysis." -- Scott A. Comparato

"The book offers a series of vivid examples to demonstrate the utilities of network analysis in a variety of contexts―that is something valuable and that separates this book from others." -- Weihua An

"This is a solid introductory text that illustrates the value of social network analysis in a multiple contexts." -- Tim J. Anderson

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1483325210
• ISBN 13: 9781483325217
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248