Social Network Analysis, Third Edition provides a comprehensive overview of the field, outlining both its theoretical basis and its key techniques. Building upon the core ideas of points, lines and paths, John Scott builds a framework of network analysis that covers such measures as density, centrality, clustering, centralization, and spatialization. He identifies the various types of clique, component, and circle into which networks are formed, and he outlines an approach to socially structured positions within networks. A completely new chapter in this edition discusses recent work on network dynamics and methods for studying change over time. A final chapter discusses approaches to network visualisation.

List of Figures About the Author Preface to the Third Edition 1. Networks and Relations Relations and Attributes The Analysis of Network Data Interpretation of Network Data An Overview 2. The 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 Physicists 3. Analyzing Relational Data Collecting Relational Data Selection and Sampling of Relational Data Preparation of Relational Data Organizing Relational Data 4. Lines, Neighbourhoods and Densities Sociograms and Graph Theory Density: Egocentric and Sociocentric A Digression on Absolute Density Community Structure and Density 5. Centrality, Peripherality and Centralization Centrality: Local and Global Centralization and Graph Centres Bank Centrality in Corporate Networks 6. Components, Cores and Cliques Components, Cycles and Knots The Contours of Components Cliques and Their Intersections Components and Citation Circles 7. Positions, Sets, and Clusters The Structural Equivalence of Points Clusters: Combining and Dividing Points Block Modeling with CONCOR Towards Regular Structural Equivalence Corporate Interlocks and Participations 8. Network Dynamics and Change over Time Modeling Change in Network Structure Testing Explanations 9. Dimensions and Displays Distance, Space and Metrics Principal Components and Factors Non-Metric Methods Advances in Network Visualization Elites, Communities and Influence Notes Bibliography Index