Environmental and Nuclear Networks in the Global South

Environmental and Nuclear Networks in the Global South
Author: Isabella AlcaƱiz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2016-08-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107150116

The first comprehensive study to explain the workings of transgovernmental environmental and nuclear cooperation across the so-called 'Global South'.

The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks

The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks
Author: Jennifer Nicoll Victor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1011
Release: 2018
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0190228210

Politics is intuitively about relationships, but until recently the network perspective has not been a dominant part of the methodological paradigm that political scientists use to study politics. This volume is a foundational statement about networks in the study of politics.

Global Trends 2040

Global Trends 2040
Author: National Intelligence Council
Publisher: Cosimo Reports
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2021-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781646794973

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Leading from the Periphery and Network Collective Action

Leading from the Periphery and Network Collective Action
Author: Navid Hassanpour
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2017-02-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108165885

Political revolutions, economic meltdowns, mass ideological conversions and collective innovation adoptions occur often, but when they do happen, they tend to be the least expected. Based on the paradigm of 'leading from the periphery', this groundbreaking analysis offers an explanation for such spontaneity and apparent lack of leadership in contentious collective action. Contrary to existing theories, the author argues that network effects in collective action originating from marginal leaders can benefit from a total lack of communication. Such network effects persist in isolated islands of contention instead of overarching action cascades, and are shown to escalate in globally dispersed, but locally concentrated networks of contention. This is a trait that can empower marginal leaders and set forth social dynamics distinct from those originating in the limelight. Leading from the Periphery and Network Collective Action provides evidence from two Middle Eastern uprisings, as well as behavioral experiments of collective risk-taking in social networks.

Personal Networks

Personal Networks
Author: Mario L. Small
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 769
Release: 2021-09-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1108871437

Social networks are ubiquitous. The science of networks has shaped how researchers and society understand the spread of disease, the precursors of loneliness, the rise of protest movements, the causes of social inequality, the influence of social media, and much more. Egocentric analysis conceives of each individual, or ego, as embedded in a personal network of alters, a community partially of their creation and nearly unique to them, whose composition and structure have consequences. This volume is dedicated to understanding the history, present, and future of egocentric social network analysis. The text brings together the most important, classic articles foundational to the field with new perspectives to form a comprehensive volume ideal for courses in network analysis. The collection examines where the field of egocentric research has been, what it has uncovered, and where it is headed.

Network Analysis

Network Analysis
Author: Craig M. Rawlings
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2023-09-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1107037786

A comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the theory, methods, and application of social network analysis.

Economic Networks

Economic Networks
Author: Thomas J. Sargent
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2024-04-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1009456350

A rigorous and unified treatment of economic networks, from foundational theory to recent applications.

Multimodal Political Networks

Multimodal Political Networks
Author: David Knoke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2021-05-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1108988814

Research on social networks has become a significant area of investigation in the social sciences, and social network concepts and tools are widely employed across many subfields within the field. This volume introduces political theorists and researchers to new theoretical, methodological, and substantive tools for extending political network research into new realms and revitalizing established domains. The authors synthesize new understandings of multimodal political networks, consisting of two or more types of social entities - voters, politicians, parties, events, organizations, nations - and the complex relations between them. They discuss ways to theorize about multimodal connections, methods for measuring and analyzing multimodal datasets, and how the results can reveal new insights into political structures and action. Several empirical applications demonstrate in great detail how multimodal analysts can detect and visualize political communities consisting of diverse social entities.

Living in Networks

Living in Networks
Author: Claire Bidart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2020-10-22
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1108841430

Innovative study examining how relationships and personal networks evolve throughout life, and how these connect individuals and society.

Egocentric Network Analysis

Egocentric Network Analysis
Author: Brea L. Perry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2018-03-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 110857680X

Egocentric network analysis is used widely across the social sciences, especially in anthropology, political science, economics, and sociology, and is increasingly being employed in communications, informatics, and business and marketing studies. Egocentric network analysis requires a unique set of data collection and analysis skills that overlap only minimally with other network methodologies. However, until now there has been no single reference for conceptualizing, collecting, and analyzing egocentric social network data. This comprehensive guide to study design, data collection, and analysis brings together the state of knowledge with the most effective research tools to guide newcomers to this field. It is illustrated with many engaging examples and graphics and assumes no prior knowledge. Covering the entire research process in a logical sequence, from conceptualizing research questions to interpreting findings, this volume provides a solid foundation for researchers at any stage of their career to learn and apply ego network methods.