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Part II - Cohesion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Wouter de Nooy ,
Andrej Mrvar  and
Vladimir Batagelj
Wouter de Nooy
Affiliation:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Andrej Mrvar
Affiliation:
University of Ljubljana
Vladimir Batagelj
Affiliation:
University of Ljubljana
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Summary

Solidarity, shared norms, identity, collective behavior, and social cohesion are considered to emerge from social relations. Therefore, the first concern of social network analysis is to investigate who is related and who is not. Why are some people or organizations related, whereas others are not? The general hypothesis here states that people who match on social characteristics will interact more often, and people who interact regularly will foster a common attitude or identity.

In this part of the book, which covers Chapters 3 through 5, we discuss several measures of cohesion. You will learn to detect cohesive subgroups within several types of social networks.

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Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek , pp. 69 - 70
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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