Perspectives on Social Network Research

Contributors and Symposium Participants

Preface


1 The Advanced Research Symposium on Social Networks


2 On Balance and Attribution


3 Balance and Clusterability: An Overview


4 The Davis/Holland/Leinhardt Studies: An Overview


5 Structural Sociometry


6 A Primer on Blockmodeling Procedure


7 Some Problems Relating to Randomly Constructed Biased Networks


8 Network Analysis of the Diffusion of Innovations


9 Deterministic Models of Social Networks


10 Independent Generalizations of Balance


11 Structural Control Models for Group Processes


12 Toward a General Framework for Dynamic Theories of Sentiment in Small Groups Derived from Theories of Attitude Change


13 Social Clusters and Opinion Clusters


14 Equilibrating Processes in Social Networks: A Model for Conceptualization and Analysis


15 Graph Sampling Compared to Conventional Sampling


16 Estimation of Population Totals by Use of Snowball Samples


17 A Study of Interlocking Directorates: Vital Concepts of Organization


18 Network Analysis in Large Social Systems: Some Theoretical and Methodological Problems


19 Network Analysis: Orienting Notion, Rigorous Technique, or Substantive Field of Study?


20 Networks, Algorithms, and Analysis


21 Cognitive Balance Theory and Social Network Analysis: Remarks on Some Fundamental Theoretical Matters


22 Acquisition and Management of Social Network Data


23 Perspectives on Social Networks


24 The Theory-Gap in Social Network Analysis


25 Social Networks and Scientific Ideas: The Case of the Idea of Networks

Index