Jeroen Bruggeman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.
Social Networks: An Introduction is the first textbook that combines new with still-valuable older methods and theories.
Designed to be a core text for graduate (and some undergraduate) courses in a variety of disciplines it is well-suited for everybody who makes a first encounter with the field of social networks, both academics and practitioners.
This book includes reviews, study questions and text boxes as well as using innovative pedagogy to explain mathematical models and concepts. Examples ranging from anthropology to organizational sociology and business studies ensure wide applicability. An easy to use software tool, free of charge and open source, is appended on the supporting website that enables readers to depict and analyze networks of their interest.
It is essential reading for students in sociology, anthropology, and business studies and can be used as secondary material for courses in economics and political science.
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The literature review, examples, and target audience are more interdisciplinary than any other textbooks, hence the potential audience is larger than of the competition.
Major recent developments (1998-2007) are covered that are in no other textbooks demonstrable gap in the market for an up to date introduction,
Mathematical models are better explained than in any other textbook, but the text is also readable throughout if the math is skipped.
Wide ranging case study material will allow wide penetration of market
Strong conceptual approach, putting strong emphasis on explicating general notions from sociology, e.g. inequality, cohesion, organizations, and social capital - of interest to all students of networks, and part of their daily lives.
Innovative pedagogical features
Supporting website featuring a free software package and further "how to" examples
1. Introduction 2. Representation and Conceptualization 3. Small Worlds 4. Searching in Networks, and Their Heavy Tails 5. Communities: Detection, Conflict, Cohesion, and Culture 6. Social Inequality: Prestige, Power, Brokerage, and Roles 7. Organizations as Networks 8. Methods: Data and Software
The first textbook to combine new with still-valuable older methods and theories. Innovative pedagogy explains mathematical models and concepts, and examples ranging from anthropology to organizational sociology and business studies will ensure wide applicability. An easy to use software tool, free of charge and open source, is appended on the supporting website that will enable readers to depict and analyze networks of their interest.
'Bruggeman (Univ. of Amsterdam) offers an introductory text for novice social network analysis students written in a very accessible way...His definitions of key social network terms are clear and highlighted throughout the book in sidebars, as well as offered in an extensive glossary...Recommended.' – Choice, March 2009
Offers an introduction to the field of social networks. This book features examples ranging from anthropology to organizational sociology and business studies. It is intended for students in sociology, anthropology and business studies and can be used as secondary material for courses in economics and political science.
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Offers an introduction to the field of social networks. This book features examples ranging from anthropology to organizational sociology and business studies. It is intended for students in sociology, anthropology and business studies and can be used as secondary material for courses in economics and political science.
