Scott, J: Social Network Analysis

List of Figures About the Author Preface to the Third EditionNetworks and Relations Relations and Attributes The Analysis of Network Data Interpretation of Network Data An OverviewThe Development of Social Network Analysis Sociometric Analysis and Graph Theory Interpersonal Configurations and Cliques Towards Formal Models of Structure The Harvard Breakthrough Entry of the Social PhysicistsAnalyzing Relational Data Collecting Relational Data Selection and Sampling of Relational Data Preparation of Relational Data Organizing Relational DataLines, Neighbourhoods and Densities Sociograms and Graph Theory Density: Egocentric and Sociocentric A Digression on Absolute Density Community Structure and DensityCentrality, Peripherality and Centralization Centrality: Local and Global Centralization and Graph Centres Bank Centrality in Corporate NetworksComponents, Cores and Cliques Components, Cycles and Knots The Contours of Components Cliques and Their Intersections Components and Citation CirclesPositions, Sets, and Clusters The Structural Equivalence of Points Clusters: Combining and Dividing Points Block Modeling with CONCOR Towards Regular Structural Equivalence Corporate Interlocks and ParticipationsNetwork Dynamics and Change over Time Modeling Change in Network Structure Testing ExplanationsDimensions and Displays Distance, Space and Metrics Principal Components and Factors Non-Metric Methods Advances in Network Visualization Elites, Communities and Influence Notes Bibliography Index

John Scott is a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Essex, Exeter, and Copenhagen. He was formerly Professor of Sociology and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research at Plymouth University and before that was Professor of Sociology at Essex University and Leicester University. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Academy of learned Societies in the Social Sciences, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. An active member of the British Sociological Association, he has held the posts of Secretary, Treasurer, Chairperson, and President. His most recent publications are Conceptualising the Social World (Cambridge University Press, 2011), The Sage Handbook of Social Network Analysis (edited with Peter Carrington, Sage Publications, 2011), and Sociology (with James Fulcher, Oxfords University Press, 2011). His current work on the history of British sociology will appears as Envisioning Sociology. Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and the Quest for Social Reconstruction (with Ray Bromley, SUNY Press, 2013).

The book is an excellent resource that serves workers in SNA, whether a beginner or not, in this field, or in mathematical knowledge. It is an updated source and contains authentic resources.