Social Networks Analysis
Social Networks Analysis
Social Networks Analysis
Sciences
History
structure
1960-1970
S. F. Nadel began
to see societies not as monolithic
entities but rather as a “pattern or
network (or ‘system’) of relationships
obtaining between actors in
their capacity of playing roles relative
to one another”
Levi-Strauss, scholars
began to represent kinship systems
as relational algebras that consisted
of a small set of generating relations
That gave hope to the idea that
deep lawlike regularities might underlie the apparent
chaos of human social systems
Bott (The study of 20 urban families)
Degree of segregation in the role relationship of
husband and wife
The more connected the network, the
more likely the couple would maintain a traditional
segregation of husband and wife roles,
showing that the structure of the larger network
can affect relations and behaviors within the dyad.
dyad
(TOP-DOWN approach)
Social capital theory
approach)
Structure identification
Beyond simplicity
Systemic feedback