This book examines almost two decades of research using the structural or network approach to political behaviour. Network analysis begins with the assumption that the most important elements of political power are the relationships of influence and domination among social actors. Influence is excha[...]

Social relations are crucial for understanding diverse economic actions and a network perspective is central to that explanation. Simple exchanges involving money, labor, and commodities combine into complexly connected systems. Economic networks span many levels of analysis, from persons (consu[...]

Providing a general overview of fundamental theoretical and methodological topics, with coverage of selected issues, this text covers various issues in basic network concepts, data collection and network analytical methodology.[...]