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Discusses the value of social network analysis for teasing out the network processes in social movements, particularly (1) how collective action is affected by actors' embeddedness in preexisting networks, & (2) how actors create new linkages that shape the subsequent development of protest &/or subcultural activities. Issues of data collection & organization are examined in detail, & ways of analyzing social movement structure & individual positions in social movement networks are demonstrated. A combination of qualitative & quantitative methods is deemed the most useful in network analysis. 5 Tables, 3 Figures, 74 References. K. Hyatt Stewart

1. Introduction -- 2. Technological Networks -- 3. Social Networks -- 4. Networks of information -- 5. Biological Networks -- 6. Mathematics of Networks -- 7. Measures and Metrics -- 8. The Large-scale Structure of Networks -- 9. Basic Concepts of Algorithms -- 10. Fundamental Network Algorithms -- 11. Matrix Algorithms and Graph Partitioning -- 12. Random Graphs -- 13. Generalized Random Graphs with general degree distributions -- 14. Models of Network Formation -- 15. Other Network Models -- 16. Percolation and Network Resilience -- 17. Epidemics on Networks -- 18. Dynamical Systems on Networks -- 19. Network Search -- References -- Index

"Networks are everywhere, from the Internet, to social networks, and the genetic networks that determine our biological existence. Illustrated throughout in full colour, this pioneering textbook, spanning a wide range of topics from physics to computer science, engineering, economics and the social sciences, introduces network science to an interdisciplinary audience. From the origins of the six degrees of separation to explaining why networks are robust to random failures, the author explores how viruses like Ebola and H1N1 spread, and why it is that our friends have more friends than we do. Using numerous real-world examples, this innovatively designed text includes clear delineation between undergraduate and graduate level material"--Page [4] of cover