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An introduction to socialnetwork analysis
June 11, 2008
David Lazer 
Director Program on Networked GovernanceKennedy School of GovernmentHarvard University
 
Networks
Definition:
Paradigmatic focus on
relationships
Emergent/self-organized interconnected forms
Units are indeterminate
Key issues:
How do the configuration of networks affect howindividuals and systems function?
How to study networks?
 
A brief history of the study of networks
Roots in sociology and anthropologygoing back to early days of those fields
Sociometry in 1930s (Moreno)
Substantial interest in socialpsychology in 1940s-1960s (Festinger,Milgram, Newcomb)
Economic sociology 1970s-present(Granovetter,White, Uzzi)
Explosion of social capital research in1990s (Putnam, Burt)
Invasion of the physicists (Watts,Barabasi, Newman)
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deniafauzi

Hi, I'm in the process doing my thesis and I saw your fantastic document. Is there anyway that I could have a soft copy in pfd? Many thanks.

reply11 / 21 / 2009
luloui

Hello, I'm in the process of writing a research paper on networked governance. is there any way of using your presentation as a source? do you other sources for networked governance? many thanks, L

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