Peter J. Carrington & John Scott 
The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis 

This sparkling Handbook offers an unrivalled resource for those engaged in the cutting edge field of social network analysis. Systematically, it introduces readers to the key concepts, substantive topics, central methods and prime debates. Among the specific areas covered are: 

• Network theory


• Interdisciplinary applications


• Online networks


• Corporate networks


• Lobbying networks


• Deviant networks


• Measuring devices


• Key Methodologies


• Software applications.

The result is a peerless resource for teachers and students which offers a critical survey of the origins, basic issues and major debates. The Handbook provides a one-stop guide that will be used by readers for decades to come.

Table of Content

Introduction – Peter J Carrington and John Scott

PART ONE: GENERAL ISSUES

Social Network Analysis: An Introduction – Alexandra Marin and Barry Wellman

The Development of Social Network Analysis – with an Emphasis on Recent Events – Linton C Freeman

Network Theory – Stephen P Borgatti and Virginie Lopez-Kidwell

Social Physics and Social Networks – John Scott

Social Networks in Economics – Sanjeev Goyal

Relational Sociology, Culture and Agency – Ann Mische

PART TWO: SUBSTANTIVE TOPICS

Personal Communities: The World According to Me – Vincent Chua, Julia Madej and Barry Wellman

Social Support – Lijun Song, Joonmo Son and Nan Lin

Kinship, Class and Community – Douglas R White

Animal Social Networks – Katherine Faust

Networking Online: Cybercommunities – Anatoliy Gruzd and Caroline Haythornthwaite

Corporate Elites and Intercorporate Networks – William K Carroll and J P Sapinski

Political Dimensions of Corporate Connections – Matthew Bond and Nicholas Harrigan

Policy Networks – David Knoke

Social Movements and Collective Action – Mario Diani

Crime and Social Network Analysis – Peter J Carrington

Terrorist Networks: The Threat of Connectivity – Renée C van der Hulst

Scientific and Scholarly Networks – Howard D White

Cultural Networks – Paul Di Maggio

Social Networks, Geography and Neighbourhood Effects – Ron Johnston and Charles Pattie

A Multiple-Network Analysis of the World System of Nations, 1995-1999 – Edward L Kick et al

PART THREE: CONCEPTS AND METHODS

A Brief Introduction to Analyzing Social Network Data – Robert A Hanneman and Mark Riddle

Concepts and Measures for Basic Network Analysis – Robert A Hanneman and Mark Riddle

Survey Methods for Network Data – Peter V Marsden

Survey Sampling in Networks – Ove Frank

Qualitative Approaches – Betina Hollstein

Analyzing Affiliation Networks – Stephen P Borgatti and Daniel S Halgin

Positions and Roles – Anuška Ferligoj, Patrick Doreian and Vladimir Batagelj

Relation Algebras and Social Networks – Philippa Pattison

Statistical Models for Ties and Actors – Marijtje A J van Duijn and Mark Huisman

Exponential Random Graph Models for Social Networks – Garry Robins

Network Dynamics – Tom A B Snijders

Models and Methods to Identify Peer Effects – Weihua (Edward) An

Kinship Network Analysis – Klaus Hamberger, Michael Houseman and Douglas R White

Large-Scale Network Analysis – Vladimir Batagelj

Network Visualization – Lothar Krempel

A Reader′s Guide to Social Network Analysis Software – Mark Huisman and Marijtje A J van Duijn

About the author

John Scott is an Honorary Professor at the Universities of Essex, Exeter, and Copenhagen. He was formerly a professor of sociology at the Universities of Essex and Leicester, and pro-vice-chancellor for research at the University of Plymouth. He has been president of the British Sociological Association, Chair of the Sociology Section of the British Academy, and in 2013 was awarded the CBE for Services to Social Science. His work covers theoretical sociology, the history of sociology, elites and social stratification, and social network analysis. His most recent books include British Social Theory: Recovering Lost Traditions before 1950 (SAGE, 2018), Envisioning Sociology. Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and the Quest for Social Reconstruction (with Ray Bromley, SUNY Press, 2013), Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research (with Gayle Letherby and Malcolm Williams, SAGE, 2011).